Understanding Seizures
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 […]
Breast cancer drug found to reduce seizures
Source: Northwestern University A class of drug that inhibits estrogen production and is used to treat breast cancer has been found to quickly and effectively suppress dangerous brain seizures, according to a new Northwestern University study. “The effect was profound and very clear,” said Catherine S. Woolley, Ph.D., senior author of the study, which was […]
Fish oil may reduce seizures in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy
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 […]
