Epilepsy |
Seizure Disorders |
Epilepsy in animals and List of people believed to have epilepsy cover topics complementary to this article, which deals with epilepsy in the general human population. Epilepsy (sometimes referred to as a seizure disorder) is a common chronic neurological condition that is characterized by recurrent unprovoked epileptic seizures. It affects approximately 50 million people worldwide.[1] It is usually controlled, but not cured, with medication – although surgery may be considered in dif ...
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Epilepsy News Headlines
- Does Tooth-brushing Cause Epilepsy Seizures?
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- No More Seizures? New Drug Holds Promise For Epilepsy Patients
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- No More Seizures? New Drug Holds Promise For Epilepsy Patients
ScienceDaily - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Toothbrushing Triggers Rare Epileptic Seizures
WebMD - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- Drug may treat mental symptoms of Down syndrome
Reuters - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:13 EST
- Sunny Days Pose Risk Of 'Flicker Illness' For A Few Airlifted Patients
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Battling Epilepsy, and Its Stigma
New York Times - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:17 EST
- Neurological disorders affect 1 billion people: WHO
Reuters - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:58 EST
- Neurological disorders affect 1 billion people: WHO
Reuters - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:23 EST
- Neurological disorders affect 1 billion people: WHO
Reuters - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:19 EST
- Neurological disorders affect 1 billion people: WHO
Reuters - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:19 EST
- Neurological Disorders Affect Millions Globally, According To WHO
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- Neurological disorders affect millions globally: WHO report
World Health Organization - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- Scientists say an old, unused drug may offer treatment of Down's
The Earth Times - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:51 EST
- Keppra promising for newly diagnosed epilepsy
Reuters - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:30 EST
- High-fat, Low-carbohydrate Diet Significantly Slows Tumor Growth And Enhances Health In Mice
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Epilepsy patients can sometimes predict seizures
Reuters - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:21 EST
- Dogs May Be Responding To Psychological Seizures, Not Epilepsy Seizures
ScienceDaily - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Dogs May Be Responding To Psychological Seizures, Not Epilepsy Seizures
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Can Epilepsy Patients Predict Their Seizures?
ScienceDaily - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- More European Patients With Epilepsy To Benefit From Keppra(reg)
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:00 EST
- Patients successful at predicting seizures
The Earth Times - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:31 EST
- Epilepsy Drug May Treat Parkinson's
WebMD - Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:13 EST
- Complex Channels: Scientists Discover How Ion Channels Are Organized To Control Nerve Cell ...
ScienceDaily - Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Dogs Respond to Non-Epileptic Seizures
WebMD - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:22 EST
- New Neurons Could Act To Alleviate Epilepsy
ScienceDaily - Sat, 23 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- Epilepsy Drug May Treat Parkinson's
MedicineNet - Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:00 EST
- Missing Molecule Has Important Role In A Developmental Brain Abnormality
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:00 EST
- Breakthrough Research Presented At American Epilepsy Society (AES) Meeting
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Drug Improves Tremors, Involuntary Movements In Parkinson Patients
ScienceDaily - Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Drug Improves Tremors, Involuntary Movements In Parkinson Patients
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- 5,000 Walkers Expected At First-Ever National Walk For Epilepsy
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Epilepsy drug treats sleep-related eating disorder
Reuters - Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:55 EST
- Epilepsy drug treats sleep-related eating disorder
Reuters - Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:55 EST
- Phase II Data Shows Ovation's Novel Compound Clobazam To Be Well Tolerated In Patients With Catastrophic Epilepsy
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 05 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- SCHWARZ PHARMA Highlights The Results Of 13 Lacosamide Data Presentations At North American Regional Epilepsy Congress In San Diego
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- SCHWARZ PHARMA Unveils Positive Phase III Data On Lacosamide At North American Regional Epilepsy Congress In San Diego
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 05 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Arrested for Epilepsy
ABC News - Thu, 23 Nov 2006 05:08 EST
- Gene Therapy Inhibits Epilepsy In Animals
ScienceDaily - Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- State Health Department Highlights Epilepsy Awareness Month
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 04 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Gene Therapy Inhibits Epilepsy In Animals
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- New Guideline For The Diagnostic Assessment Of Children With Continuous Seizures
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Diet May Inspire New Epilepsy Drugs
WebMD - Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:37 EST
- Concerta safe for children with ADHD and epilepsy
Reuters - Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:27 EST
- A Valuale Fly For Research Into Cancer, Drug Addiction, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Epilepsy And More
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 08 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- FDA warns about epilepsy drug, birth defect
Reuters - Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:02 EST
- FDA warns about epilepsy drug, birth defect
Reuters - Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:49 EST
- New Treatments For Epilepsy May Benefit Patients At University Of Virginia
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 17 Sep 2006 01:00 EST
- FDA Approves New Epilepsy Indication For Lamictal®
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 27 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Commonplace Sugar Compound Silences Seizures
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- FDA Approves New Epilepsy Indication For Lamictal(R)
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Commonplace Sugar Compound Silences Seizures
ScienceDaily - Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:00 EST
- Effect of epilepsy drugs may wane over time
Reuters - Fri, 22 Sep 2006 04:26 EST
- New Treatments For Epilepsy Use Implantable Devices
ScienceDaily - Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:00 EST
- A Very Valuable Fly For Research Into Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 08 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- U.S. says Glaxo drug may be linked to birth defect
Reuters - Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:49 EST
- FDA says Glaxo drug may be linked to birth defect
Reuters - Fri, 29 Sep 2006 04:04 EST
- FDA says Glaxo drug may be linked to birth defect
Reuters - Fri, 29 Sep 2006 04:06 EST
- Epilepsy Breakthrough On Horizon: MIT Developing Device To Detect Oncoming Seizures
ScienceDaily - Wed, 13 Sep 2006 03:00 EST
- Epilepsy Action Seizes The Chance To Open Research Access
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 27 Aug 2006 08:00 EST
- Seizures: Understanding Epilepsy
MedicineNet - Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Epilepsy surgery can lead to memory loss
Reuters - Wed, 06 Sep 2006 05:24 EST
- Cocaine craving may be reduced by epilepsy drug
Reuters - Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:28 EST
- Prevention Of Epileptic Seizures Possible With MIT Device
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:00 EST
- FDA Approves Keppra(R) As Adjunctive Therapy In The Treatment Of Myoclonic Seizures In Patients With Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:00 EST
- Epilepsy Drug Poses High Risk For Fetal Death And Birth Defects
ScienceDaily - Mon, 14 Aug 2006 03:00 EST
- Epilepsy Medication Proving Ineffective Over Time; Patients Showing Tolerance To Traditional Drugs
ScienceDaily - Tue, 12 Sep 2006 03:00 EST
- Epilepsy Drug Poses High Risk For Fetal Death And Birth Defects
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 10 Aug 2006 07:00 EST
- Epilepsy Drug Linked to Birth Defects
MedicineNet - Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:00 EST
- NIH Funds $2 Million Magnetic Resonance System At Yale
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:00 EST
- Brain's Cannabinoid System 'mellows' Seizures
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:00 EST
- Brain's Cannabinoid System 'Mellows' Seizures
ScienceDaily - Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:00 EST
- Healing Potential Discovered In Everyday Human Brain Cells
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 19 Aug 2006 09:00 EST
- Seizure Treatment Could Be Improved By Boosting Key Protein In Brain, Stanford Study Finds
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 18 Aug 2006 03:00 EST
- Healing Potential Discovered In Everyday Human Brain Cells
ScienceDaily - Fri, 18 Aug 2006 03:00 EST
- Boosting Key Protein In Brain Could Improve Seizure Treatment
ScienceDaily - Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:00 EST
- Unique Nerve-stimulation Epilepsy Treatment Developed By UCLA
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:00 EST
- Brain Pacemaker: UCLA Develops Unique Nerve-stimulation Epilepsy Treatment
ScienceDaily - Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:00 EST
- New Guidelines For Antiepileptic Drugs Announced - ILAE Sets International Treatment Standards
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 23 Jul 2006 03:00 EST
- Epilepsy Can Be Subtle for Seniors
MedicineNet - Mon, 17 Jul 2006 06:00 EST
- FDA Approves Keppra(R) Intravenous Formulation
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:00 EST
- Children With Eczema Have The Same Impaired Quality Of Life As Those With Kidney Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 24 Jul 2006 03:00 EST
- Skin Problems Have Big Impact on Kids
WebMD - Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:26 EST
- Impaired Quality Of Life For Children With Eczema Similar To Those With Kidney Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:00 EST
- Children With Eczema Have The Same Impaired Quality Of Life As Those With Kidney Disease, UK
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:00 EST
- Epilepsy does not appear to increase cancer risk
Reuters - Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:59 EST
- UCI Epilepsy Researcher Receives Nation's Top Neuroscience Prize
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:00 EST
- Scientists Develop Potential New Epilepsy Drug
ScienceDaily - Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:00 EST
- Epilepsy Drug Eases Symptoms Of Inherited Disorder That Weakens Muscles
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Jun 2006 01:00 EST
- Epilepsy Drug Eases Symptoms Of Inherited Disorder That Weakens Muscles
ScienceDaily - Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:00 EST
- Epilepsy or Psychological Seizures?
WebMD - Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:00 EST
- Hebrew University Scientists Develop Potential New Epilepsy Drug
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:00 EST
- Medium Is The Message For Stem Cells In Search Of Identities
ScienceDaily - Thu, 06 Jul 2006 02:00 EST
- Clues Help Differentiate Psychological Seizures From Epilepsy
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 16 Jun 2006 03:00 EST
- Seizures Don't Always Signal Epilepsy
MedicineNet - Fri, 16 Jun 2006 06:00 EST
- Cell Phone Emissions Excite The Brain Cortex
ScienceDaily - Mon, 26 Jun 2006 02:00 EST
- Cell Phone Emissions Excite The Brain Cortex
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:00 EST
- Clues Help Identify Psychological Seizures
ScienceDaily - Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:00 EST
- Charity Calls For Schools To Improve Epilepsy Awareness, UK
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 09 May 2006 06:00 EST
- Babies born in poor condition at risk for epilepsy
Reuters - Wed, 17 May 2006 07:02 EST

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