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Personal Epilepsy Experience Inspires International Epilepsy Advocacy
This week on Seizing Life ® in honor of International Epilepsy Day on February 14th we speak with Julianna Shinnick about the state of epilepsy in the Mahenge region of Tanzania in East Africa. After living with epilepsy for years, Julianna underwent brain surgery at the age of 19. Her experience inspired her to become involved in the lives of those with epilepsy in Tanzania.
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Funding Epilepsy Research: How CURE Epilepsy Advances Science to Find a Cure
If you have listened to the Seizing Life podcast you know that it’s produced by CURE Epilepsy. But do you know what CURE Epilepsy, the organization, actually does? Are you aware of its mission and how it funds epilepsy research to help accelerate science and find a cure?
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From Epilepsy Researcher to Epilepsy Patient
Today on Seizing Life, we speak with epilepsy researcher, educator, and patient Dr. Steve White. Dr. White is a professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Washington. He is also an epilepsy patient, having experienced his first seizure in 2010.
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Artificial Intelligence and Epilepsy: The Promise & Pitfalls of AI in Diagnosing Epilepsy and Treatment
This month on Seizing Life® we explore artificial intelligence as it relates to epilepsy care, how it’s impacting the process of diagnosing epilepsy and treatment today, and what it promises for the future.
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Learning to Manage Cognitive Challenges for People with Epilepsy
Today on Seizing Life Dr. Elaine Kiriakopoulos, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Dartmouth College, provides a thorough overview of HOBSCOTCH, a personalized program that helps people with epilepsy find ways to manage and cope with memory and thinking challenges in order to lead happier, more productive lives.
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Epilepsy Genetics: Testing Can Make a Difference
Hundreds of genes are associated with epilepsy, but what causes the variations in those genes which lead to this condition? And how do you know if you or your child are a candidate for genetic testing? Learn the answers to your epilepsy genetics questions in this episode of Seizing Life, produced by CURE. We speak with Dr. John Millichap, Pediatric Epileptologist at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He discusses both the basics of epilepsy genetics and the potential power of genetic testing for epilepsy patients. While we have made steps towards understanding how genetics causes epilepsy, we have so much more to do. More than 50% of people with epilepsy still do not know the cause. Without this information, it can be extremely challenging to find the best treatment. But further funding of genetic epilepsy research could close this gap. CURE has been instrumental in leading us towards personalized medicine based on epilepsy and genetics. Help us do more by donating to Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy.
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Kids Ask Docs the Darndest Things About Epilepsy
This week on Seizing Life® kids who either have epilepsy or who have family members with epilepsy ask pediatric neurologists about epilepsy. Dr. Kristen Park of Children’s Hospital of Colorado and Dr. Adam Numis of the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital answer questions on a wide variety of topics related to epilepsy in an episode recorded live at Epilepsy Awareness Day at Disneyland this past November.
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Using Basketball to Fight Stigma and Empower Kids Living with Epilepsy
This month on Seizing Life® Mike Simmel shares his epilepsy journey, explains how his passion for basketball helped him navigate the impacts of epilepsy, and recounts how a personal experience with epilepsy stigma inspired him to help kids with epilepsy and other challenges.
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Older Adults and Epilepsy: the Causes, the Signs, and the Treatments
This week on Seizing Life® Dr. Laura O’Dwyer joins us to talk about the fastest growing segment of people living with epilepsy in the United States – older adults. Dr. O’Dwyer explains why adults are more likely to develop epilepsy later in life, outlines the challenges of recognizing, diagnosing, and treating epilepsy in older adults, and provides valuable information for older adults living with epilepsy and their caregivers.
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