Navigating Epilepsy

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In the wake of mysterious symptoms, Renato Tosoc searches for answers and a treatment protocol that works for him For 42-year-old Renato Tosoc, the mystery began in fall of 2019, when he moved from Chicago to the Philippines for a one-year work assignment to help set up a new call center for JP Morgan. His […]

Understanding Seizures

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New treatments give hope to people with epilepsy When Chicagoan Bobbi Packer, an interior designer and architect, started having episodes of unusual behavior — nausea, a blank look in her eyes, babbling mid-sentence — she dismissed them. She had no idea the episodes were short seizures and a form of epilepsy. “They only lasted 15 […]

Electrical Stimulation for Epilepsy

Electrical Stimulation for Epilepsy

Some seizure sufferers who haven’t found relief from their anti-seizure medications or other therapies may benefit from innovative devices that electrically stimulate the brain. NeuroPace’s RNS System, approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2013 for ages 18 and older, works for the brain like a pacemaker works for the heart. An implanted […]

Fish oil may reduce seizures in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy

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Source: UCLA School of Medicine whatdoctorsknow.com LOS ANGELES — An estimated 3 million Americans suffer from epileptic seizures. Although drug therapies often successfully dampen the out-of-control neural firing that produces seizures, such drugs don’t work for everyone. A new study by researchers at UCLA School of Medicine now suggests that for such patients, improvement might […]