Dietary Therapies helpful in childhood resistant epilepsy Vinay Singh singh9 Nov 2018 7:10 PM ISTNearly one-third of childhood epilepsy ultimately becomes drug-resistant epilepsy. Only about one-third of drug-resistant epilepsy may require...
Soon: Trial At AIIMS to test efficacy of Cannabis on Epilepsy patients Hina Zahid24 Nov 2018 3:15 PM ISTIIIM Director Ram Vishwakarma said they want to conduct clinical trials of the cannabis based drugs on terminally ill patients at the Tata Memorial...
Pregnant women with frontal lobe epilepsy at increased risk of seizures Vinay Singh singh8 Dec 2018 8:10 PM ISTFrontal lobe epilepsy is highly associated with increased risk of seizures in women during pregnancy compared to focal epilepsy or generalized...
Now ‘Brain pacemaker ' to treat Epilepsy, Parkinson's Hina Zahid2 Jan 2019 7:30 PM ISTEngineers at UC Berkeley have developed a new neurostimulator that can listen to and stimulate electric current in the brain at the same time. This...
Two possible new ways to treat silent seizures in children Hina Zahid5 Jan 2019 7:05 PM ISTSAN FRANCISCO, CA - As early as 3 months of age, infants with a severe form of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome start having convulsive seizures,...
FDA okays seizure monitoring smartwatch for use in children Vinay Singh singh9 Jan 2019 7:28 PM ISTThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted clearance for marketing the Embrace smartwatch (Empatica Inc) for tracking seizures in children...
Cyclical excessive sweating turned out to be Temporal lobe epilepsy- Case Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli16 Jan 2019 6:00 PM ISTA man's monthly episodes of excessive sweating were found to be triggered by temporal lobe seizures that were previously undiagnosed. The case has...
FDA approves generic version of vigabatrin for focal seizures Hina Zahid18 Jan 2019 7:05 PM ISTSILVER SPRING, Md.- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first generic version of Sabril (vigabatrin) 500 mg tablets for treating...
60,000 IU/month of Vitamin D prevents its deficiency in children on epilepsy drugs Deepanjana Sarkar14 Feb 2019 7:28 PM ISTA study finds that a dose of 60,000 IU of Vitamin D3 per month is not only safe and sufficient in maintaining its serum levels but also prevents...
Patient develops Seizure after consuming Energy Drink- Case Study Deepanjana Sarkar19 Feb 2019 6:00 PM ISTA case study of a 16 years old male patient who developed seizures after consuming Energy Drink has been reported in the journal of pharmacy practice....
Obesity Paradox-Extra weight linked to better survival from Stroke Hina Zahid15 March 2019 7:10 PM ISTExtra weight is linked to better survival from Stroke, finds a study. Medical experts call such an occurrence the obesity paradox. It may seem...
Increased body mass index linked to higher risk of Multiple Sclerosis Hina Zahid22 March 2019 7:10 PM ISTIncreased body mass index, BMI is linked to a greater risk of multiple sclerosis, MS according to a new study.Some studies have suggested that people...
