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Chris Comish serves as the Publisher of the website, and is responsible for directing the editorial focus as well as putting the finishing touches on many featured articles.

September 7, 2016

Newer Antiepileptic Medications Don’t Seem to Negatively Impact Baby’s IQ, Are Safer for Pregnancy

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Pregnant epileptic women should be able to control their seizures with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) without risking their child’s cognitive development. Now, researchers have found that the newer AEDs Keppra (levetiracetam) and Topamax ... Read more

September 1, 2016

Single Cell Technology Has Potential to Detect Epilepsy, Suppress Seizures

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Scientists at Linköping University in Sweden describe a novel method to detect epilepsy at its source in a single cell. The technology could ultimately stop epileptic seizures before they even start. ... Read more

August 23, 2016August 23, 2016

Anti-Seizure Treatments Can Damage Bones, Study Reports

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Anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs), the ﬁrst treatment choice for epilepsy and seizure prevention, are known for such potential side effects as dizziness, drowsiness, and weight gain. But a growing body of research is also ... Read more

July 18, 2016

Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Alters Auditory-Motor Integration, Study Shows

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Researchers have reported that patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), which can cause reasoning, memory, attention, and language function problems, show deficiencies for perceiving and reproducing their own voice pitch. The ... Read more

June 7, 2016June 7, 2016

Genes May Predict Whether Surgery is Effective for Epilepsy

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Researchers at the University of Arizona have identified possible genetic causes of recurrent seizures following brain surgery. The findings could lead to a test that might determine if surgery will benefit a epilepsy ... Read more

May 17, 2016May 17, 2016

Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Hallucinations Could Be Controlled by Brain’s Prefrontal Cortex

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Researchers and physicians have long recognized temporal lobe epilepsy as an unusual condition. Rather than causing the motor seizures that many associate with epilepsy, temporal lobe epilepsy is different. The condition ... Read more