Epilepsy Talk
Best Neurology & Neurosurgery Hospitals in the U.S.
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Attached is a link to the U.S. News and World Report’s impartial listing of current top ranking hospitals for Neurology and Neurosurgery. More than 1,200 hospitals are included. The top 50 are ranked and the rest are listed alphabetically. Click on the link to locate the top 50, along with services related to this specialty at more than 5,000 U.S. hospitals, including those near your selected location.
New Hope for Drug Resistant Epilepsy
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Drug-resistant epilepsy with uncontrolled severe seizures — despite state-of-the-art medical treatment — continues to be a major problem for up to 30% of patients with epilepsy. Although drug resistance may fluctuate in the course of treatment, for most patients, drug resistance seems to be continuous.
Tags: brain, chemical, connections, drug, electrical, faulty, lesions, resistance, structural, wiring
FREE Clicks @ The Hunger Site Fund Food For The Hungry!
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Have you done your part to aid humanity today? It takes less than 5 minutes to help people in Haiti, and all around the world. Help cure hunger, give free mammograms, books for kids, feed animals in shelters, save the rainforest, and help provide medical aid. Tell your friends to click and help even more.
How to stay young
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Here are some inspired ideas by George Carlin on how to stay young. I think they’re brilliant. Now if we could all manage to do this, maybe we would live a little longer!
Conditions Commonly Misdiagnosed as Epilepsy
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A moment of unresponsiveness — the inability to recall what just happened…convulsions or jerking movements…sudden stiffness of the body. These are classic symptoms of an epilepsy seizure — triggered by abnormal electrical impulses in the brain.
And while these symptoms may indicate epilepsy, other brain abnormalities or injuries could also lead to seizures.
Having a seizure doesn’t automatically mean you have epilepsy. And without testing, the diagnosis – or misdiagnosis – can be pretty scary. There are loads of conditions that have symptoms similar to epilepsy. Here are the most common…
Epilepsy and Your Job
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“Most people with epilepsy can and do work, but having epilepsy doesn’t make it any easier, especially in the current economic climate. What do you need to disclose when you apply for a job? What are your rights if you are let go because of seizures or your employer’s fear of you having a seizure? Are there some jobs that you cannot do?”
FREE or Reduced Cost Medical Care
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Believe it or not, there are still places where you can get FREE or reduced cost medical and dental care. Plus assistance with your prescriptions. Just read below and find the resources nearest to you…
Who is your personal hero?
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For me, it was my Grandfather, who believed in me completely and thought that I could do anything I set out to do. At the age of 14, I said I wanted to be a writer. “Fine, he said. You’ll go to the Columbia School of Journalism.”
Childhood Abuse and Epilepsy
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It looks like a seizure…it acts like a seizure…but is it epilepsy?
As recently as the 1980s, many doctors and scientists thought that by the time babies were born, the structure of their brains was already genetically determined. However, new research shows evidence of altered brain functioning as a result of early abuse and neglect. These changes are associated with adult anxiety, depression and personality disorders.
“Accelerating Research in the Epilepsies.”
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CURE announces a groundbreaking new focus on funding and collaboration in epilepsy research.
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