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Monday, April 08, 2024
How to Best Prepare for an EMU Stay - Webinar
“Capturing the Waves: How to Best Prepare for an EMU Stay” Webinar Ever wondered what an epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU) is and how it can help manage
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
New Drug: Valtoco (Diazepam Nasal Spray) Approved as Rescue Therapy for Seizures
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Valtoco ® (diazepam nasal spray). This is a new seizure medicine designed to treat periods of
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Anti-Seizure Medications During Pregnancy
More than a million women with epilepsy are of childbearing age in the United States. Each year, 20,000 babies are born to women living with epilepsy
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Vitamin D and Seizure Control
Vitamin D has been studied for decades for its many functions in the body. Vitamin D is essential to the development of bones during the growing years
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Epilepsy and Autism: Is There a Relationship?
What is Epilepsy? Seizures: abnormal electrical firing from the brain Epilepsy: recurrent seizures Approximately 1-2% of children are diagnosed with
Tuesday, August 04, 2015
Making Sense Out of an EEG
Lately a number of questions have arisen in our Connect Community about the meaning of EEG findings. It can be very confusing when someone has an EEG
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
New Ways to Treat Nonepilepsy Seizures or PNES?
Community Corner: New ways to treat nonepilepsy seizures or PNES? One of the biggest problems for people with seizures is finding the right treatment
Wednesday, August 07, 2013
My Child’s Seizures have Stopped. Does my Child Still Need to Take Anti-seizure Medications?
Receiving the news that a child has epilepsy, or any chronic disease, is difficult. Even more difficult is the concept that there is no true “cure”
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
What is an Epileptologist and Who Needs One?
Do you have a neurologist? Or is your epilepsy followed by you primary care physician? Should you see an epileptologist? And what is an epileptologist
Summary of Anti-Seizure Medications
Epilepsy.com has a great section on anti-seizure medications , but I often have been asked for a brief summary document that pulls the information