Cognitively Healthy Centenarians; Seizures and COVID Vax; New AAN Statement News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Apr 30, 2024
What's Behind a Woman's 43-Year History of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy? Seizures were triggered by exposure to cold due to reflex epilepsy Apr 26, 2024
COVID Vaccine Study Finds Small Signal of Seizure Risk in Young Kids Data largely reassuring, but seizure finding requires further evaluation, experts say Apr 24, 2024
Algorithm Predicts Disability From Point-of-Care EEGs Hospitalized patients with seizure burden of at least 50% had poor outcomes Apr 16, 2024
The Dying Brain; Obesity Drugs and MS; NurOwn Tries Again News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Apr 09, 2024
Caffeine and Parkinson's; Brutally Honest Look at Dementia; Three MS Subtypes News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Apr 02, 2024
New Data Fuel Debate on Autism and Prenatal Topiramate Exposure Autism risk may not be higher relative to other children born to women with epilepsy Mar 20, 2024
Major Congenital Malformation Risk Lower With Several Epilepsy Drugs Levetiracetam, oxcarbazepine, and lamotrigine had lowest prevalence Mar 19, 2024
Lucid Moments in Late Dementia; Seizure Dogs and Epilepsy; Wildfire Smoke Effects News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Mar 05, 2024
Leaky Blood Vessels and Long COVID; BCG Vaccine and Alzheimer's; New CTE Subtype News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Feb 27, 2024
Do Antiseizure Meds During Pregnancy Influence Kids' Epilepsy Risk? Analyses suggest heritability, other factors are more to blame than the drugs themselves Feb 26, 2024
GLP-1 Drugs Tame Brain Inflammation; Novel Painkiller Succeeds; Headache as Metaphor News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscienc Jan 30, 2024
Gabapentinoid Use Continues to Climb Gabapentin still commonly prescribed off-label for chronic pain Jan 22, 2024
Gabapentinoids in COPD Patients May Raise Risk for Severe Exacerbations 39% higher risk compared with nonusers, database study finds Jan 16, 2024
Transparent Brain Implant; Neurology Pay Models; What Predicts Cognitive Reversion News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jan 16, 2024
Face Blindness Is Not Always Permanent Largest study to date looks at inability to recognize familiar faces Jan 12, 2024
What Super-Agers Show; Epstein-Barr and Early MS; Five Variants of Alzheimer's News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jan 09, 2024
Keto Diet on Par With Further Medication for Infants With Drug-Resistant Epilepsy Diet may be considered a treatment option for some infants who continue to have seizures Dec 14, 2023
FDA Warns of Rare Life-Threatening Reaction to Anti-Seizure Drugs Prescribing information changed for levetiracetam, clobazam Nov 28, 2023
Alzheimer's Tied to Military Service; Long COVID Sleepiness; NurOwn Tries Again News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Nov 28, 2023
Adaptive Functioning Not Affected in Children of Women With Epilepsy But increasing medication exposure in third trimester tied to a decline in function Nov 22, 2023
Home Remedy for COVID; 'Salty' Seizure Scare; Vax Exemptions Hit Record High Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ¿Ú´üÅ®ÓÅ staff Nov 10, 2023
Novel Agent Promising as Add-On Epilepsy Treatment Phase IIb trial shows benefit for the most common type of epileptic seizures Oct 09, 2023
Chronic Stress and Dementia; Hormones and Brain Health; Dementia Protection Neurons? News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Oct 03, 2023
Acrylic Window to the Brain; Chronic Fatigue Discovery; AI Spots Parkinson's Risk News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Sep 19, 2023
Telomeres and Dementia; Cell Therapy and Parkinson's; Next Up: In Utero Neurology News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Sep 12, 2023
Rapid Genome Sequencing in Infants With Epilepsy Shows Immediate Benefit Pilot study suggests early testing for seizures, regardless of treatment setting Sep 07, 2023
McConnell Speculation; Army Doc Charged; Ice Cream Recall Over Listeria Concerns Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ¿Ú´üÅ®ÓÅ staff Sep 01, 2023
Neurodevelopment After Prenatal Exposure to Newer Epilepsy Drugs Tracked for 3 Years Commonly prescribed anti-seizure medications did not show worse outcomes Aug 04, 2023
Kids' Epilepsy Tied to Group B Strep Meningitis, not Sepsis, in Infancy Risk more than 15-fold higher following invasive Group B Streptococcus meningitis Apr 21, 2023
Exciting Early Results With Novel Cell Therapy for Focal Epilepsy First two recipients show dramatic reductions in seizure frequency Apr 21, 2023
Detecting Alzheimer's in Speech; Manipulating CSF in Humans; Gut Microbiome and MS News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Apr 04, 2023
Epstein-Barr/MS Link; How CBD Curtails Seizures; NIH Finds Rare Neurologic Disease News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Feb 14, 2023
One Diet Appeared Tops for Short-Term Seizure Control in Pediatric Epilepsy With better tolerability, modified Atkins diet the "sounder option," according to researchers Jan 31, 2023
Isolation and Dementia Risk; High-Intensity Exercise and the Brain; Migraine and MS News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jan 17, 2023
Use of Newer Antiseizure Meds for Epilepsy Differs by Race, Ethnicity Black and Hispanic patients had lower odds of taking second- or third-generation medications Jan 11, 2023
Epilepsy Drugs May Up Risk of Parkinson's Strongest association seen for sodium valproate Dec 27, 2022
Antisense Oligonucleotide Shows Potential in Dravet Syndrome Investigational STK-001 appears well tolerated in early studies Dec 09, 2022
Dementia Patients With Seizures Decline Faster Worse cognition, poorer function, higher mortality for those with active seizures Dec 08, 2022
Prenatal Exposure to Some Anti-Seizure Drugs Linked With Low Birth Weight Scandinavian data assessed outcomes for 4.5 million children Dec 07, 2022
