Epilepsy & Seizures
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Does Cannabidiol Affect Seizure Severity?
HOUSTON—Pharmaceutical-grade cannabidiol (CBD) may reduce seizure severity in adults and children with medically refractory epilepsy, according to...
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Psychiatric Comorbidities Are Common in Newly Diagnosed Pediatric Epilepsy
HOUSTON—Nearly one in three children diagnosed with new-onset epilepsy presents with psychiatric diagnoses at the onset, according to research...
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Study Identifies Predictors of Poor Outcome in Status Epilepticus
HOUSTON—Predictors of poor outcomes in patients with status epilepticus admitted to the neurointensive care unit include complex partial status...
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Is SUDEP Preventable in Children?
HOUSTON—Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) in children is rare, but can it be avoided? The majority of pediatric SUDEP cases may occur in...
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Resective epilepsy surgery found OK in septuagenarians
HOUSTON – With careful selection, patients in their 70s with refractory epilepsy may be offered resective epilepsy surgery, results from a small...
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Radiosurgery found not superior to open surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy
HOUSTON – Despite enrollment difficulties that limited the study, a recently completed randomized trial comparing radiosurgery with open lobectomy...
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Children with infantile spasms or nonsyndromic epilepsy achieve similar outcomes
HOUSTON – Infants and children who had epilepsy that was not identified as being part of a syndrome fared slightly worse in developmental outcomes...
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Chest-worn seizure detection device shows promise
An investigative, chest-worn device shows promise for detecting a wide range of seizure types in children with epilepsy, results from a small...
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Study highlights need to address vitamin D deficiency in epilepsy patients
Neurologists and other clinicians ordered vitamin D levels, DXA scans, and vitamin D supplementation for epilepsy patients in order to diagnose...
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Project aims to improve understanding of AED prescribing trends
HOUSTON – A significant proportion of epilepsy patients in the United States are not taking newer antiepileptic medications, results from a pilot...
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Psychiatric comorbidities common in newly diagnosed pediatric epilepsy cases
HOUSTON – About one in three children diagnosed with new-onset epilepsy present with psychiatric diagnoses at the onset, results from a single-...