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Action Medical Research has announced that a new MRI scanning technique could mean life-changing curative surgery for more people with epilepsy.The technique helps to pin-point the exact source of seizures in the brain and, where surgery is possible, the area may be removed. This can mean a future that is seizure free for those sufferers whose epilepsy cannot be controlled by drugs. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

Carnegie Mellon University chemists have solved a decade-long molecular mystery that could eventually help scientists develop drug therapies to treat a variety of disorders, including epilepsy and Alzheimers disease. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

Restless legs syndrome is a common problem in children 8 years of age and older in the United States and the United Kingdom, according to a new report from an international team of researchers. - [Read more]

Carnegie Mellon University chemists have solved a decade-long molecular mystery that could eventually help scientists develop drug therapies to treat a variety of disorders, including epilepsy and Alzheimers disease. - [Read more]

Children are calling for a better understanding of epilepsy within mainstream schools, claims an innovative report by researchers at the School of Education, Birmingham University. Supported by the charity Epilepsy Action, the Understanding of epilepsy by children with, or without, epilepsy report looks at how children think and feel about epilepsy. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

One of the scariest moments in the life of a parent whose child suffers from epilepsy is when that child has a seizure. In addition, if the child is unattended, a prolonged seizure can lead to brain damage, and even death. Israeli startup BioLert is minimizing that risk by developing a warning device called Epilert to support a long needed remote monitoring solution for people with epilepsy and their caregivers. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

People with epilepsy who experience multiple auras, sensations such as a cold breeze or bright light before they have a seizure, may be good candidates for epilepsy surgery because their seizures seem to be coming from one area of the brain, according to a study published in the August 21, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

The unusual case of a woman who heard voices with her own speech impairments in her head after a bicycle accident is examined in The Lancet. Four months after the accident she began to hear her own thoughts aloud and also hallucinated the voices of hospital staff -- in short sentences and single words, just as with her speech problems. She believed the voices to be external and real. - [Read more]

Purdue University researchers have developed new miniature devices designed to be implanted in the brain to predict and prevent epileptic seizures and a nanotech sensor for implantation in the eye to treat glaucoma.Findings will be detailed in three research papers being presented at the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Societys Sciences and Technologies for Health conference from Aug. 23-26 in Lyon, France. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

Purdue University researchers have developed new miniature devices designed to be implanted in the brain to predict and prevent epileptic seizures and a nanotech sensor for implantation in the eye to treat glaucoma. - [Read more]

Researchers have developed new miniature devices designed to be implanted in the brain to predict and prevent epileptic seizures, and a nanotech sensor for implantation in the eye to treat glaucoma. - [Read more]

Caffeine may help older women protect their thinking skills, according to a study published in the August 7, 2007, issue of Neurology ®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. - [Read more]

The discovery of a novel molecular switch that powerfully modulates nerve cell activity offers the potential for new mood disorder and epilepsy treatments, University of California, Irvine researchers report. - [Read more]

According to doctors in Hong Kong the Chinese tile game of Mahjong can induce epilepsy. - [Read more]

The discovery of a novel molecular switch that powerfully modulates nerve cell activity offers the potential for new mood disorder and epilepsy treatments researchers report. The study shows a link between gut protein and the brains natural marijuana-like compounds. - [Read more]

In an effort to find a better therapy and improve the lives of people with epilepsy, the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Epilepsy Service is participating in the RNS™ System Pivotal Clinical Investigation, a study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a responsive brain stimulation device in reducing the frequency of uncontrolled seizures. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

Functional neurosurgery encompasses many neurosurgical interventions that can enhance the quality of life for patients with a wide range of neurological diseases and conditions. These include epilepsy and related seizure disorders, Parkinsons disease (PD) and other movement disorders, intractable pain, spasticity, and several psychiatric disorders. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

OVATION Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announces the expansion of its central nervous system (CNS) development pipeline with the initiation of a pivotal clinical trial to support a new drug application of intravenous (IV) carbamazepine in adult patients with epilepsy. Epilepsy affects approximately 2.7 million people in the United States. To date, there have been no intravenous options for patients that are therapeutically equivalent to oral carbamazepine when replacement therapy is required. [click link for full article] - [Read more]

Neuroscientists have long believed that vision is processed in the brain along circuits made up of neurons, similar to the way telephone signals are transferred through separate wires from one station to another. But scientists have now discovered that visual information is also processed in a different way, like propagating waves oscillating back and forth among brain areas. - [Read more]

A drug initially used to treat mild to moderate Alzheimers disease improved the memory and global function of people with severe Alzheimers disease and was safe and effective, according to a study published in the July 31, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. - [Read more]