THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More pregnant women are turning to newer and potentially safer antiseizure medications, a new study says. Older antiseizure drugs like valproate and phenobarbital are known to increase risk of birth defects. But there’s been a 30% increase in the use of the safestContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Some newer antiseizure medications appear to be safer for pregnant women to take without risk of birth defects, a new study says. Second-generation antiseizure drugs like levetiracetam, oxcarbazepine, gabapentin and zonisamide did not show an increased risk for birth defects, researchers reported JulyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — There are three common health emergencies for which all U.S. schools should be prepared, a new study says. Brain-related crises like seizures, psychiatric conditions or substance abuse, and trauma-related injuries are the three main reasons paramedics respond to schools, according to a newContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A baby’s seizure in a neonatal ICU could be a red flag for future risk of epilepsy. Newborns who suffer seizures following birth are more likely to develop epilepsy in childhood and young adulthood, a new study suggests. More than 20% of newbornsContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People sense millisecond shifts in odor as quickly as they might spot a change in color, new research shows. The study discounts the notion that smell is a “slower” sense than sight or hearing, scientists say. “A sniff of odors is not aContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The risk of seizures within the next 24 hours can be predicted by watching for abnormal brain activity patterns in people with epilepsy, a new study finds. The storm of brain activity that characterized a seizure is presaged by abnormal communication between specificContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A seizure doesn’t always look like what you see in the movies, but a new survey finds most Americans don’t know what the more subtle signs of seizures are. “Anything that interrupts your brain’s circuit can cause seizures, from tumors, infections and strokesContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For people with tough-to-treat epilepsy, seizures can be both frightening and dangerous, but a new experimental pill may bring significant relief to over one-third of them. Dubbed XEN1101, the new drug reduced the frequency of seizures by more than 50%, or even eliminatedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Anyone who has quickly slurped up a milkshake or chomped on a snow cone knows the sharp, brief pain of “brain freeze.” Its cause is a mystery, but it’s not harmful, according to experts at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.Continue Reading
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Sciatica can send searing, unrelenting pain down your legs, and surgery is often recommended if other less invasive measures fail to bring relief. Unfortunately, a new study review suggests that such operations likely only provide temporary results, with pain typically returning within aContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People suffering from sciatica gain lasting relief from a procedure that uses a fine needle to heat nerve roots near the spine, a new clinical trial shows. The minimally invasive procedure, called pulsed radiofrequency (RF), provided superior pain reduction and disability improvement outContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People who are blind are better at sensing their own heartbeats, according to a new study that found blindness appears to heighten one’s ability to feel signals from the inner body. Researchers from Sweden and Poland tested this in a study of 36Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — American adults who have epilepsy and are Black or Hispanic are less likely than white adults to be prescribed the latest medications, according to new research. “While finding the right medication is often a trial-and-error process that is based on the individual, studiesContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The Grammy-winning singer Adele told a crowd at her New Year’s Eve concert that “really bad sciatica” is causing her to wobble on stage. The award-winning singer first talked about her chronic back problems in a 2021 interview with The Face. “I slippedContinue Reading