Women with epilepsy frequently need medication to prevent seizures during pregnancy and the risk of prenatal exposure of children is important to understand. Researchers examined the impact of prenatal...
A 78-year-old man presented to the emergency department with generalized tonic-clonic seizures of unknown duration and fever of 38.6 °C. He had a medical history significant for ischemic cardiomyopathy,...
A 9-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with a seizure-like episode. There were no abnormalities noted on physical examination, with an intact neurologic examination. No focal defects were...
Each year, millions of Americans experience seizure events. Do you think interictal epileptiform discharges are a helpful tool for predicting seizure focus or surgical outcome? Share your opinion by taking...
More than 3 million Americans have epilepsy, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Do you think tracking interictal spikes can be an effective way to predict when these individuals...
Some studies show that diet can affect neurological conditions. Do you think the ketogenic diet can reduce symptoms in adults with epilepsy? Take our poll to voice your opinion.
He discusses his research on cenobamate as adjunctive therapy for adults with uncontrolled focal seizures, how the results of this research aided in cenobamate's approval by the Food and Drug...
In this podcast, Chrystal M. Reed, MD, PhD, discusses her team’s research on the association between interictal epileptiform discharges and transient cognitive impairments in patients with chronic epilepsy....
She outlines the challenges associated with diagnosing psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES), how neurologists and other providers can overcome these challenges, and more.
In this special installment of Podcasts360, Andrew Blum, MD, PhD, and Wael Asaad, MD, PhD, discuss their case series on responsive neurostimulation, why they chose responsive neurostimulation for each...
Children with autism are more likely to have epilepsy, and vice versa. Madeline Fields, MD, from Mount Sinai Hospital, answers our questions about this connection.