A new implantable brain-stimulating device for patients with hard-to-treat epilepsy has received green signal from the US Food and Drug Administration. The Neuropace’s RNS Stimulator was cleared by the federal agency to reduce seizures in epilepsy patients who have not responded well to medications. can receive “The neurostimulator detects abnormal... read more →
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Arguing that medical marijuana has been the most effective treatment for their son's seizure disorder, the parents of a five-year-old boy have filed a lawsuit to force Arizona state officials to include marijuana extracts - oil-like resins with very low levels of the psychoactive ingredient THC - as a legal... read more →
Oct
31
A discovery from Case Western Reserve and Cleveland Clinic researchers could provide epilepsy patients invaluable advance guidance about their chances to improve symptoms through surgery. Assistant Professor of Neurosciences Roberto Fernández Galán, PhD, and his collaborators have identified a new, far more accurate way to determine precisely what portions of... read more →
Oct
29
The family of a young dancer recently diagnosed with epilepsy is hosting a fundraising day to raise money for a charity that helps youngsters with the condition. Eight-year-old Erika Porter, from Darlington, was diagnosed with epilepsy around two weeks ago after suffering from a number of seizures and blackouts. The... read more →
Oct
29
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved SABRIL (vigabatrin) as add-on therapy for the treatment of refractory complex partial seizures (CPS) in children 10 years of age and older who have inadequately responded to several other treatments and if the possible benefit outweighs the risk of vision loss.(1) This... read more →
Oct
28
Pennridge community helps family of special needs child who died of epilepsy. As a chilly wind whipped the autumn leaves Saturday morning, scores of people set out on a walk-a-thon to raise money for a headstone to mark the grave of Matt Leavens, a 17-year-old Pennridge High School student who... read more →
Oct
28
Dana Ulrich is seeing her daughter disappear. "Lorelei used to play and laugh and do what kids do," Ulrich says of her 6-year-old blond-haired girl. "I see that Lorelei fading day by day. She rarely smiles, she rarely plays. She barely eats. She's fading away before my eyes, and these... read more →
Oct
25
A six year old boy who once had six "horrendous" seizures in the space of a month has raised more than £1,000 for an epilepsy charity after overcoming the condition. Rosco Channell was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of two after he suffered several seizures in a short space... read more →
Oct
25
Last fall Ron Lamontagne was taking a Sunday drive, frustrated by a comment that was made about his son's seizure disorder. "Someone asked us not to tell anyone about Kollin's seizures because of the stigma that's associated with it," said Lamontagne. "We felt that it was more important that people... read more →
Oct
25
Congress created VA epilepsy centers to help 66,000 patients a year As a single mom and combat-wounded Navy corpsman, Holly Crabtree has too much on her mind to stress about the next time she might black out. She’d rather think about her daughter’s busy schedule packed with things such as... read more →