MONDAY, Nov. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Alana “Lani” Silverberg was a real firecracker with a big personality at age 3 — until she started having seizures. The sweetheart swiftly turned quiet, cranky, sleepless and fatigued, worn down by her seizures. “It was every parent’s nightmare. Lani was having oneContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A spinal cord injury might be only the beginning of a person’s health woes, according to a new study. People who’ve suffered spinal cord injuries are more likely to develop an array of chronic health problems, researchers reported Nov. 4 in JAMA NetworkContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For the estimated one-third of people with focal epilepsy who don’t respond well to initial medications, new research offers significant reason for optimism. A study suggests that even those considered “treatment-resistant” may eventually see a substantial reduction in their seizures over time. FocalContinue Reading
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FRIDAY, Sept. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A COVID-19 infection might blunt a person’s sense of smell for years afterward, but so subtly they might not even notice it, a new study says. In all, 4 out of 5 people who reported that COVID had altered their sense of smellContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Roughly half of pregnant women with epilepsy see a neurologist while they’re expecting, an oversight that could put both mom and baby at risk, researchers say. About 45% of women with epilepsy didn’t see a neurologist at all in the year leading upContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It takes about a year for people with focal epilepsy to start finding some relief from anti-seizure medications, a new study says. In all, 3 of 5 epilepsy patients (60%) do achieve freedom from seizures thanks to a drug regimen – but itContinue Reading
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