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Mouse Study Sheds Light on How Diet May Affect Epilepsy
5/23/2012 - Strict diet seems to protect against seizures by altering brain metabolism, research shows ...

Parents Often Lose Sleep Over Childs Epilepsy, Study Finds
5/17/2012 - Many sleep in the same room or bed as their child because of worries about nighttime seizures ...

Response to First Treatment May Predict Epilepsys Course
5/9/2012 - About half of patients are seizure-free after first medication, study finds ...

New Clues to the Evolution of the Human Brain
5/3/2012 - Gene event 2.5 million years ago may explain why humans are smarter than great apes, researchers say ...

Planning Pregnancy May Cut Birth Defects
4/6/2012 - Timing allows changes or adjustments in risky medications, experts say ...

Epilepsy Leads to More Brain Abnormalities Over Time
4/3/2012 - Scans show increasing anatomical changes in the brains of people with epilepsy as they age ...

Measles Vaccines Wont Raise Seizure Risk in Young Kids: Study
4/2/2012 - Kaiser Permanente researchers find youngsters aged 4 to 6 not at higher risk after shots ...

Hormonal Changes May Trigger Migraines in Some Women
3/23/2012 - Evidence supports link between fluctuations in female hormones and painful headaches ...

Study Explains How Shock Therapy Might Ease Severe Depression
3/19/2012 - Treatment appears to reduce connections in a part of the brain involved in thought and socializing ...

When Drugs Fail, Surgery May Get Epilepsy Under Control
3/6/2012 - Small study finds those with temporal lobe disorder can be seizure-free afterward ...

Twitter Adding to Stigma of Epilepsy, Study Says
3/2/2012 - 'Tweets' mentioning seizures often include jokes about serious neurological disorder ...

Study: No Significant Rise in Seizure Risk From Common Kids Vaccine
2/21/2012 - Immunizations protect children from life-threatening diseases, experts say ...

Autoinjector Offers Safe, Speedy Care for Life-Threatening Seizures: Study
2/15/2012 - Status epilepticus claims 55,000 lives a year but new drug delivery system could help ...

Study Weighs Pros, Cons of Home or Hospital Birth
2/10/2012 - More seizures, lower Apgar scores found in home ...

Electrical Brain Stimulation May Strengthen Memory, Study Says
2/8/2012 - Preliminary results suggest method might hold promise for dementia patients ...

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