Seizure Dog Awareness Month, TikTok, back to school planning, and more in this exciting CURE Epilepsy Update.
This article articulates and illustrates the full framework for how epilepsy patients are considered for surgical intervention, with particular attention given to stereotactic approaches.
We discuss the consequences of natural disasters, conflicts, economic sanctions, and focus in greater detail on lessons learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also discuss possible mitigation procedures, focusing in particular on the application of telemedicine to epilepsy care. Finally, we underline the need for governments, healthcare authorities, and international organizations to improve their preparedness to deal with exceptional situations that may arise in the future.
Postoperative progression of brain metastases quadrupled the risk of seizures, therefore vigorous follow-up may be useful to identify tumor progression and gauge the risk of seizures. The identification of patients at high seizure risk may have implications on treatment decisions and influence aspects of daily life.
We tested the hypothesis that reducing expression of Scn8a would compensate for loss-of-function mutations of Kcna1 or Kcnq2. Scn8aexpression was reduced by administration of an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO).
The onset of seizures in young stroke survivors is associated with more than a doubled risk for developing dementia, according to a study published July 26 in Neurology.
Patients with focal epilepsy had lower intelligence quotients and route recall scores at 10 minutes than controls. The focal epilepsy group had smaller volumes of both the right and left hippocampal tails than the control group, but there were no significant group differences for the volumes of the whole hippocampus or other hippocampal subfields.
As resources are limited in modern healthcare systems, the decision on the allocation of expensive drugs can be supported by a public consent. This study examines how various factors influence subjectively perceived “fair” pricing of antiseizure medication (ASM) among four groups including physicians, persons with epilepsy (PWE), their relatives and a control group.
As Hong Kong faced the 5th wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the facilitators and hurdles towards effective vaccination is important for healthcare professionals to understand the vaccination gap among patients with epilepsy.
