An approved epileptic drug to treat seizures has been modified by a University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus professor and is currently being used in a clinical trial in Australia for medically refractory epilepsy.
Study of management and attitudes toward patients with epilepsy in general practice over past three decades.
This study assessed the association between exposure to monotherapy with 10 different antiepileptic drugs during the first 2 months of pregnancy and the risk of 23 major congenital malformations.
This team of researchers searched four electronic databases as well as bibliographies and conference abstracts. Published and unpublished, randomized, or quasirandomized trials reporting the use of AEDs in people aged at least 60 years with epilepsy were eligible for inclusion.
This study suggests that gabapentinoids are associated with an increased risk of suicidal behavior, unintentional overdoses, head/body injuries, and road traffic incidents and offences.
Cortical stimulation-induced seizures have the potential to guide epilepsy surgery, significantly reducing hospital stays
CBD, Genetics, Pediatric Epilepsy, SUDEP
A round-up of the interesting and exciting epilepsy research news published in May 2019.
Seizure risk was nearly four times higher at nighttime festivals with the heavy-duty strobes than at daytime events, the researchers found.
