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Back to SearchDocumentary filmmaker confronts epilepsy in a new memoir: Stacia Kalinoski
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Seizures cost Stacia Kalinoski her career in broadcast journalism and forced her to give up running. In her new memoir, Kalinoski recounts her journey from first seizure in …
Published on 5 months ago
Work-life balance: Dr. Sheryl Haut
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Work-related stress and burnout are common in physicians, with rates of burnout estimated between 25% and 60%. These stresses impact physician health, patient care, and heal…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
The role of microglia in epilepsy: Hero, villain, or both? Dr. Amy Brewster
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Microglia can have protective and also potentially harmful effects in the brain. They seem to be involved in dampening the nervous system during acute seizures – but also ap…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Language models reveal concerns of people with epilepsy in online discussions
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Many of the most common concerns of people with epilepsy are topics they don't usually talk about with physicians. This is one of many findings of a study using AI to analyz…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Music, epilepsy, and the brain: Dr. Phillip Pearl & Prof. Nigel Osborne
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Music can affect emotions, spark memories, and influence mood. In cases of musicogenic epilepsy, music can trigger seizures. In other cases, music may reduce seizure frequen…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Genetic testing for epilepsy in low-resource regions
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In lower- and middle-income countries, raising awareness of genetic etiologies in epilepsy and genetic testing options may ultimately shift national priorities toward making…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Emergency diagnosis and treatment of status epilepticus
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As a neurological emergency, status epilepticus (SE) requires timely diagnosis and treatment. A US study found that 10% of people with SE were not diagnosed by emergency ser…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Folic acid supplementation in women with epilepsy
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Folic acid supplementation is recommended for all women with epilepsy who may become pregnant. However, there is no agreed-upon dose for women with epilepsy taking antiseizu…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
High-frequency oscillations and epilepsy: Clinical and basic science perspectives
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High-frequency oscillations (80 to 500 Hz) are being studied as biomarkers of epileptogenic areas in the brain, as well as markers to be used in epilepsy surgery. Dr. Cecili…
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Finding epilepsy genes: Dr. Allan Bayat
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There are potentially hundreds of "epilepsy genes" - but what is an epilepsy gene? How do researchers discover these genes and associate them with epilepsy? Sharp Waves spok…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago