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Researchers find novel approach to prevent seizures
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 15 (ANI): A significant advance in our understanding of epilepsy has been announced by scientists at Trinity College Dublin, who identified a potential method of preventing damaging seizure activity.
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Researchers offer advice on prescribing cannabis medicines to patients wit
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Canberra [Australia], March 9 (ANI): There's considerable interest in using cannabis-based medications to help treat drug-resistant epilepsy, but clinicians have little guidance on how or when to prescribe these products.
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Neeraj Epilepsy Clinic to launch free check-up camp for 2 weeks on Interna
Updated : 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI/India PR Distribution): Epilepsy is a disorder related to the central nervous system which leads to abnormalities in the activities performed by the brain. It further leads to seizures or occasions when an individual suffers from unusual sensations and loss
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NEURIA - an app to improve quality of mental health and treatment of neuro
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 20 (ANI/PNN): NEURIA, a free mobile application developed by Innoplexus A.G., helping millions of people all over the world with their mental health problems and treatment guidance, has now been launched in India.
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Adult epilepsy treatment may work for children too: Study
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], January 6 (ANI): According to new research by Rutgers University, a surgical treatment commonly used to reduce epileptic seizures in adults is also effective and safe for children.
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Breakthrough discovery for treatment for kids suffering from autism, epile
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Chicago [US], December 19 (ANI): A lot of kids dealing with autism also suffer from epilepsy. Now, Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered an important brain protein that quiets overactive brain cells and is at abnormally low levels in children with autism.
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Memory issues, seizures in epilepsy might have a common cause
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Madison [US], December 8 (ANI): According to new research at the University of Wisconsin, damage to the part of the brain that regulates hyperactivity can lead to both memory problems and seizures in the most common form of epilepsy.
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Researchers find first human evidence of how memories form
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Texas [US], December 7 (ANI): Researchers from the UT Southwestern Medical Centre have identified the characteristics of more than 100 memory-sensitive neurons that play a central role in how memories are recalled in the brain.
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Researchers develop new form of brain surgery without incisions, scalpels
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Virginia [US], December 4 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Virginia School of Medicine have developed a non-invasive way to remove faulty brain circuits that could allow doctors to treat debilitating neurological diseases without the need for traditional brain surgery.
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Researchers find how hypertension might increase risk of developing epilep
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 20 (ANI): According to a recent study by a team of international researchers, hypertension may double an adult's risk of developing epilepsy.
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Hypertension might increase risk of developing epilepsy: Study
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], November 18 (ANI): Hypertension may double an adult's risk of developing epilepsy, according to a new study.
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Study shows epilepsy brain implant does not transform patients' personalit
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
London [UK], September 6 (ANI): A new study of patient experiences has shown that a next-generation brain implant currently in clinical use for treating refractory epilepsy -- to help prevent symptoms including seizures -- does not induce changes to patients' personalities or self-perception
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