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Epilepsy is more common in patients with frontotemporal dementia than expected

According to a recent study, in patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), epileptic seizures are significantly more common than previously known.…

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Common genetic variants linked to drug-resistant epilepsy

Certain common genetic changes might make some people with focal epilepsy less responsive to seizure medications, finds a new global…

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Could an arthritis drug unlock lasting relief from epilepsy and seizures? Promising results in mice

A drug typically prescribed for arthritis halts brain-damaging seizures in mice that have a condition like epilepsy, according to researchers…

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New cannabis formula will help epilepsy, multiple sclerosis sufferers

Scientists at the University of South Australia have come up with an innovative solution to improve the effectiveness of cannabidiol…

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AI to diagnose ‘invisible’ brain abnormalities in children with epilepsy

Scientists have developed an AI-powered tool that detects 64% of brain abnormalities linked to epilepsy that human radiologists miss. MELD…

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Socioeconomic factors, unpredictability complicate diagnosis of episodic disabilities, like epilepsy

Any patient suffering from new or worsening medical symptoms hopes for a relatively quick and accurate diagnosis. However, for many…

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Gene therapy for rare epilepsy shows promise in mice

Dravet syndrome and other developmental epileptic encephalopathies are rare but devastating conditions that cause a host of symptoms in children,…

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Epilepsy patient samples offer unprecedented insights on brain ‘brakes’ linked to disorders

Certain proteins found in the human brain have long been known to be critical to controlling how brain cells communicate…

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New epilepsy tech could cut misdiagnoses by nearly 70% using routine EEGs

Doctors could soon reduce epilepsy misdiagnoses by up to 70% using a new tool that turns routine electroencephalogram, or EEG,…

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Childhood epilepsy may predispose to memory disorders later in life

Researchers from the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University in Finland and the University of Wisconsin in the United…

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