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How to get long-term care at home without busting the bank

The vast majority of older adults receive long-term care at home, not in nursing homes. But few people plan for this expense.

27 Jul 2017

Doctors appear to have reached unexpected consensus in prescribing pediatric anti-seizure medications

The number of available anti-seizure medications has exploded in the past two decades, going from just a handful of medicines available in the 1990s to more than 20 now.

19 Jul 2017

Millions of kids fall outside Senate plan to shield disabled from Medicaid cuts

Aidan Long is a 13-year-old from Kalispell, Mont., who has suffered multiple daily seizures since he was 4. The seizures defy medical cure, and some of them continue for weeks, requiring Aidan to be airlifted to children's hospitals in Denver or Seattle, said his father, Ben Long.

10 Jul 2017

Anti-seizure drug could have beneficial effect in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease

In the last decade, mounting evidence has linked seizure-like activity in the brain to some of the cognitive decline seen in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

23 Jun 2017

SDSU neuroscientist explores how the brain works to retrieve correct word from memory

When you look at a picture of a mug, the neurons that store your memory of what a mug is begin firing. But it's not a pinpoint process; a host of neurons that code for related ideas and items--bowl, coffee, spoon, plate, breakfast--are activated as well.

20 Jun 2017

Tiny microRNA could act as protective mechanism to reduce risk of epileptic seizures, say scientists

A tiny microRNA has been shown to play a beneficial role in protecting the brain from epileptic seizures in specially engineered transgenic mice. Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem say it could act as a protective mechanism to reduce the risk of epileptic seizures in humans.

5 Jun 2017

$Study shows population-based incidences, outcomes for refractory and super-refractory status epilepticus$

Study shows population-based incidences, outcomes for refractory and super-refractory status epilepticus

Three in four patients with refractory status epilepticus treated in an intensive care unit are still alive a year later, and half of them have recovered to baseline function, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland.

22 May 2017

Wristwatch-like devices can provide information related to different kinds of brain activity

What can we learn about emotions, the brain and behavior from a wristband? Plenty, according to a prominent MIT engineer and researcher in her plenary session address at the American Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting, www.americanpainsociety.org.

22 May 2017

University of Warwick research focuses on absence epilepsy that affects children

A University of Warwick study to understand a form of epilepsy that affects children has received a grant from the charity Epilepsy Research UK. The research focuses on absence epilepsy which is largely a childhood condition which is characterized by sudden, brief interruptions of consciousness.

18 May 2017

Making brain implants smaller could eliminate scarring, extend life of devices

Many diseases, including Parkinson's disease, can be treated with electrical stimulation from an electrode implanted in the brain. However, the electrodes can produce scarring, which diminishes their effectiveness and can necessitate additional surgeries to replace them.

16 May 2017

Research identifies protein that could help patients respond more positively to epilepsy drug therapies

New research from the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with the Mario Negri Institute in Milan, published today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, has identified a protein that could help patients with epilepsy respond more positively to drug therapies.

16 May 2017

Scientists aim to revolutionize asthma treatment by replacing inhalers with new drug

A common treatment for asthma, which is the most prevalent chronic childhood disease, requires use of an inhaler. But a big problem with inhalers, used to deliver steroids and other drugs in an aerosol form, is that children often don't operate them properly.

10 May 2017

Infantile spasms and multiple sclerosis relapse data presented at AAN

Mallinckrodt plc, a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced new results from two company-sponsored studies: one study on use of H.P. Acthar® Gel (repository corticotropin injection) in patients with infantile spasms (IS) and a second study on the economic burden of moderate-to-severe multiple sclerosis (MS) relapse.

2 May 2017

New computational approach could enable more patients with epilepsy to benefit from surgery

A computational approach developed at Boston Children's Hospital, described in the journal Neurosurgery, published online May 2, 2017, could enable more patients with epilepsy to benefit from surgery when medications do not help.

2 May 2017

New research on functional brain networks offers insights into causes and symptoms of epilepsy

Epilepsy is a complex neurological disorder that afflicts approximately 50 million people worldwide. Although this disease has been known to exist for centuries, the exact mechanism of its cardinal symptom, the epileptic seizure, remains poorly understood.

27 Apr 2017

Study examines post-operative seizure outcomes after insular tumor resection

Winner of the Journal on Neuro-Oncology Award sponsored by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Doris Du Wang, MD, presented her research, Seizure Outcome After Surgical Resection of Insular Glioma, during the 2017 American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting.

26 Apr 2017

Study provides new understanding of molecular mechanisms that impact intellectual disability

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have shown that a protein helps balance nerve cell communication.

25 Apr 2017

Youth with uncomplicated epilepsy have favorable social outcomes as their siblings

A 15-year follow-up study of young adults with epilepsy found that those with uncomplicated epilepsy who were seizure-free for five years or more did as well as their siblings without epilepsy in measures of education, employment, family arrangements and driving status.

25 Apr 2017

New guidelines provide practical information on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

There is an uncommon risk of death that people with epilepsy and their loved ones may not know about. The risk is called sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, or SUDEP. Now the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society have co-developed a new guideline on SUDEP, published in the April 24, 2017, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, and presented at the 69th AAN Annual Meeting in Boston, April 22 to 28, 2017.

25 Apr 2017

Research shows potential way to limit damage to the brain caused by seizure disorder

Tiny vesicles isolated from adult mesenchymal stem cells and administered intranasally can limit the damage to the brain of animal models caused by a seizure disorder called status epilepticus, according to research published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

21 Apr 2017

Seizure News and Research

Latest Seizure News and Research

How to get long-term care at home without busting the bank

Doctors appear to have reached unexpected consensus in prescribing pediatric anti-seizure medications

Millions of kids fall outside Senate plan to shield disabled from Medicaid cuts

Anti-seizure drug could have beneficial effect in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease

SDSU neuroscientist explores how the brain works to retrieve correct word from memory

Tiny microRNA could act as protective mechanism to reduce risk of epileptic seizures, say scientists

Study shows population-based incidences, outcomes for refractory and super-refractory status epilepticus

Wristwatch-like devices can provide information related to different kinds of brain activity

University of Warwick research focuses on absence epilepsy that affects children

Making brain implants smaller could eliminate scarring, extend life of devices

Research identifies protein that could help patients respond more positively to epilepsy drug therapies

Scientists aim to revolutionize asthma treatment by replacing inhalers with new drug

Infantile spasms and multiple sclerosis relapse data presented at AAN

New computational approach could enable more patients with epilepsy to benefit from surgery

New research on functional brain networks offers insights into causes and symptoms of epilepsy

Study examines post-operative seizure outcomes after insular tumor resection

Study provides new understanding of molecular mechanisms that impact intellectual disability

Youth with uncomplicated epilepsy have favorable social outcomes as their siblings

New guidelines provide practical information on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Research shows potential way to limit damage to the brain caused by seizure disorder

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