Seizures News

• COVID Vaccines Safe for Young Children, Study Finds Kids younger than age 5 years experience no increased risk for complications like myocarditis, pericarditis, and seizures following vaccination.
  Medscape Medical News, June 06, 2023
• Alzheimer's Risk Tied to Epilepsy Risk, and Vice Versa A genetic predisposition for Alzheimer's disease has been associated with an increased risk for epilepsy, and vice versa, results of a large genome-wide association study (GWAS) show.
  Medscape Medical News, June 01, 2023
• People Still Want Their Medical Intelligence in Human Form Well, we've got some good news for the physicians out there, and we've got some bad news.
  MDedge News, May 30, 2023
• Rapid Cognitive Improvement With Brain Stimulation Pooled data show evidence for significant and 'immediate' improvement in cognitive function with transcranial alternating current stimulation.
  Medscape Medical News, May 26, 2023
• The Weird World of Hydrogels: How They'll Change Healthcare It's a liquid, it's a solid – no, it's hydrogel! And it's poised to transform everything from dentistry to brain implants.
  WebMD Health News, May 24, 2023
• AAN 2023 Nonmedical Cannabis Use Common in Patients With Epilepsy A significant number of epilepsy patients turn to nonmedical cannabis for seizure control, often without their physician's knowledge, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2023
• The Amazing Things We Can Learn From Hospital Clowns Research shows that hospital clowns, aka medical clowns, therapeutic clowns, or clown doctors, can enhance patients' quality of life and healing. We found a clown to show us how it's done.
  WebMD Health News, May 05, 2023
• Diagnosis by Dog: Canines Detect COVID in Schoolchildren Trained dogs have an accuracy of more than 95% for detecting the odor of volatile organic compounds produced by individuals with COVID.
  MDedge News, April 26, 2023
• Is This a New Era of Medical Cannabis Research? For years, research into cannabis's health effects has been severely limited. That's finally changing, slowly. The results could alter the future of medicine and improve the public health.
  WebMD Health News, April 25, 2023
• AAN 2023 Noninvasive Test in Midlife Flags Late-Onset Epilepsy Risk Some 30% of late-onset epilepsy cases have no known cause. A simple neurocognitive test and an MRI given in midlife could identify those at highest risk.
  Medscape Medical News, April 25, 2023
• New Brain Pacemaker Cuts Seizures in Severe Epilepsy A pooled analysis of two first-in-human trials of the Epicranial Application of Stimulation Electrodes for Epilepsy neuromodulation system reduced seizure frequency by at least half in most patients.
  Medscape Medical News, April 24, 2023
• AAN 2023 Novel Neural Cell Therapy a Cure for Focal Epilepsy? Implanting neural cells that secrete the GABA inhibitory neurotransmitter led to notable and durable seizure reduction in two patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy.
  Medscape Medical News, April 21, 2023
• SARS-CoV-2 Crosses Placenta and Infects Brains of Two Infants It is the first study to confirm cross-placental SARS-CoV-2 transmission leading to brain injury in a newborn.
  MDedge News, April 07, 2023
• Song Stuck in Your Head? What Earworms Reveal About Health Earworms are usually harmless, except when they're not.
  WebMD Health News, March 31, 2023
• Mortality Risk in Epilepsy: New Data A study of nearly 140,000 people with epilepsy shows a twofold increased risk for death compared with the general population, irrespective of comorbidities or disease severity.
  Medscape Medical News, March 23, 2023
• Nursing Students, Faculty Tackle Dual In-Flight Emergencies En route to a nurse training program in Uganda, students and faculty from the University of San Diego responded to medical emergencies on two flights, putting their skills to the test in mid-air.
  Medscape Medical News, March 15, 2023
• Another 55 Amateur Rugby Players Join Concussion Lawsuit Another 55 amateur rugby players who are suffering from neurological impairments joined the growing list of claimants in a class-action concussion lawsuit on Monday.
  Reuters Health Information, March 14, 2023
• FDA Official Who Oversaw Aducanumab Approval Retiring An FDA official who oversaw the approval of the controversial Alzheimer's therapy aducanumab is retiring from the agency to 'explore other opportunities.'
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2023
• Modified ECT Lowers Dental, Skeletal Fracture Risk Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is associated with a minimal risk for skeletal and dental fractures, using properly modified ECT can diminish the risk even further, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, March 01, 2023
• AAAAI 2023 Epinephrine Nasal Sprays, Sublingual Film Making Headway Needle-free alternatives to epinephrine autoinjectors are showing promising results.
  Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2023