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June 28, 2017June 28, 2017

Nearly Half of Epileptics Forget to Take Their Meds at Least Once a Month, Poll Shows

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Almost half of epilepsy patients surveyed in a British poll say they’ve forgotten to take their medications at least once in the past month. Researchers at Epilepsy Research UK wanted to know how ... Read more

June 26, 2017June 26, 2017

LivaNova’s VNS Therapy Systems Approved for Use with MRI Brain Scans

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted expanded approval to LivaNova’s VNS Therapy Systems for people with drug-resistant epilepsy that allows use with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain, the ... Read more

June 23, 2017June 23, 2017

ZX008 Receives FDA Orphan Drug Status for Treatment of Lennox Gastaut Syndrome

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Zogenix’s ZX008 (low-dose fenfluramine) has been granted Orphan Drug designation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a potential treatment for Lennox Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), a severe childhood form of ... Read more

June 21, 2017

Epilepsy Patients More Likely to Have Been Abused as Children, Study Finds

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Childhood abuse, both sexual and emotional, is more frequently reported in epilepsy patients when compared to the general population, according to the results of a German study. These findings are ... Read more

June 19, 2017

A Chronic Childhood Illness Like Epilepsy Could Increase Risk of Adult Depression, Study Reports

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Chronic childhood illnesses such as epilepsy could increase the risk that a person will develop clinical depression as an adult, according to new research. The study, “Research Review: Childhood chronic ... Read more

June 16, 2017June 16, 2017

Researchers Identify New Link Between Gene Expression and Brain Memory Processing

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Researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas have discovered that more than 100 genes are linked to memory processing in the brain. The discovery could lead to the ... Read more

June 14, 2017June 14, 2017

Aequus, Canada’s CDRD to Study Cannabinoid-based Therapeutics for Epilepsy, Other Disorders

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Aequus Pharmaceuticals and the Canadian Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) are collaborating in preclinical studies evaluating the safety and efficacy of cannabinoid-based products for epilepsy as well as ... Read more

June 12, 2017June 12, 2017

Epileptics, Others with Brain Damage Find Faces Looking Sideways More Memorable, U.K. Study Shows

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Epilepsy patients and others with damage in a part of the brain called the amygdala fail to recognize facial emotions, though they find faces looking sideways more memorable, a new ... Read more

June 9, 2017

Net Gains May Support Cost-effectiveness of Epilepsy Self-management Program, Study Suggests

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A multicomponent self-management intervention for adults with epilepsy did not significantly improve disease-related quality of life or other disease-related measures compared to usual care in a clinical trial. Nevertheless, researchers ... Read more

June 7, 2017June 7, 2017

MicroRNA-211 Protects Brain from Epilepsy-like Seizures, Israeli Mouse Study Shows

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A small molecule called microRNA-211 protects the brain from epileptic seizures in mice, Israeli researchers have found. Their study, “Dynamic changes in murine forebrain miR-211 expression associate with cholinergic imbalances ... Read more