Second-Line Treatment for Epilepsy in Women: What Works?
5 天之前 · Both add-on therapy and substitution monotherapy are equally effective as second-line treatments for women with idiopathic generalized epilepsy, new research suggests.
New Tool Estimated to Reduce Epilepsy Misdiagnoses by up to …
2025年2月4日 · EpiScalp is a new tool designed to improve the accuracy of EEG recordings and reduce epilepsy misdiagnoses by as much as 70%, investigators report. This site is intended for healthcare professionals .
'Big Breakthrough': New Low-Field MRI Is Safer and Easier
2024年5月20日 · For years, researchers and medical companies have explored low-field MRI systems (those with a magnetic field strength of less than 1 T) — searching for a feasible alternative to the loud ...
'Fake Xanax' Tied to Seizures, Coma; Naloxone Ineffective
2024年1月9日 · Bromazolam, a street drug that has been detected with increasing frequency in the United States, has reportedly caused protracted seizures, myocardial injury, comas, and multiday intensive care ...
Should All Antiepileptic Drugs Be Given With Folic Acid? - Medscape
2013年11月21日 · Folic acid (vitamin B 9) is a water-soluble B vitamin that is essential for DNA repair, cell division, and normal cellular growth.Profound deficiency of folic acid during pregnancy has been ...
Near-death Experiences - Medscape
2022年10月31日 · Electrical activity in the temporal lobe has been linked to the out-of-body experience. What is fascinating, though, is that some people who have had a NDE have an isoelectric EEG. How could the ...
Blood Biomarkers Highly Accurate in Diagnosing Alzheimer's
2024年7月29日 · Blood biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease were highly accurate in identifying Alzheimer's disease in patients with cognitive symptoms attending primary and secondary care clinics.
Sleep and Thyroid Function: Addressing One Improves Both
2024年7月18日 · N3 corresponds with the slowest waves of EEG activity, and it also is known as slow-wave sleep. It corresponds to the most restful sleep that we experience. Taken together, NREM and REM are ...
Another 'Brain Dead' Patient Wakes Up Just in Time - Medscape
2018年10月16日 · Earlier this year, 13-year-old Trenton McKinley from Alabama and his parents hit the media circuit to talk about the miracle of Trenton awakening after being declared brain dead from a vehicle ...
No Link Between Habitual Caffeine Use and Migraine - Medscape
2024年2月19日 · TOPLINE:. Habitual consumption of caffeine is not associated with frequency, duration, or intensity of episodic migraines, a new study showed. Investigators said the findings suggest caffeine ...