Research could help towards developing treatment for neurological disorders such as epilepsy. Scientists have developed an “off-switch” for the brain to effectively shut down neural activity using light pulses. In 2005, Stanford scientist Karl Deisseroth discovered how to switch individual brain cells on and off by using light in a technique... read more →
Apr
26
Apr
26
April Coxon has been chosen to represent the North East in the finals of Miss Teen Great Britain, which will be held in Blackpool in August. The 17-year-old, from Penshaw, Sunderland, started having uncontrollable seizures every day when she was 11 and was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was 12.... read more →
Apr
25
On a normal day, you are peddling your bike down a heat-warped road. The next thing you know, you wake up, lying on the sidewalk. You look over and see your bike in the right lane of traffic. A man who saw what happened pulls over to make sure everything... read more →
Apr
24
enee Petro is a mother pushing for the legalization of marijuana, so she can treat her son, Brandon, for epilepsy. While vowing to keep campaigning for the passage of the medical marijuana ballot measure in November, she is considering a move to Colorado, where medical marijuana is legal. "We could... read more →
Apr
24
When a retired police officer from Summerland, B.C., left his job after 25 years, he hardly imagined fighting for his little granddaughter to be given marijuana. Chris Nuessler, along with his wife Elaine, wants Canada to allow two-year-old Kyla Williams to be given a form of medical marijuana known to... read more →
Apr
23
Controlling seizures is key: Get help from your doctor. Just about all aspects of a person’s life can be impacted by a diagnosis of epilepsy, including working, driving and family life. But the effects of epilepsy can reach into the bedroom as well, causing sexual dysfunction and disrupting intimate relationships.... read more →
Apr
23
Zonegran (zonisamide) is well tolerated and efficacious when used as an adjunctive (add-on) treatment for partial epilepsy, with or without secondary generalization, in children aged between six and 17 years for at least one year, according to the results of a new study published today in Epilepsia. The results of... read more →
Apr
23
US Food and Drug Administration has approved a device that has been shown to reduce seizures in patients with medication-resistant epilepsy by as much as 50 percent. When the device is coupled with an innovative electrode placement planning system, it facilitates the complete elimination of seizures in nearly half of... read more →
Apr
23
Between 10 and 20 percent of all cases of epilepsy result from severe head injury, but a new drug promises to prevent post-traumatic seizures and may forestall further brain damage caused by seizures in those who already have epilepsy. A team of researchers from UC Berkeley, Ben-Gurion University in Israel... read more →
Apr
21
For six years, Markus Muehlheim could keep his epileptic seizures under control with medication. They came on more than a year apart, each lasting less than 10 minutes. But then the Spring Hill man began having seizures about every two weeks, landing him in the hospital every time. "My life... read more →