Epilepsy Talk
Move Over VNS…There’s A New Guy in Town!
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What if I were to say there’s a new nerve stimulation therapy that requires NO SURGERY and reduces seizures among those who are drug resistant by about 40 percent?
SAY HELLO TO TRIGEMINAL NERVE STIMULATION!
Epilepsy and Brain Surgery — The Basics
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Since there so many different types of brain surgeries — and questions — I decided to learn about them and share my findings with you.
A simple blood test to reveal seizures?
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How about if a simple blood test could reveal whether or not you’ve had an epileptic seizure?
New! A breakthrough in non invasive brain surgery
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It’s called PING…
And this is exciting stuff. In fact, I just read about it recently.
It was written about in Science Daily…and in Neuroscience News, too.
Tags: breakthrough neurosurgery, medication resistant, non invasive brain surgery, PING
Autism — Who Has It?
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The autism rate has increased — 1 in 68 kids are now identified with the disorder.
The information that a child has been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder often throws parents into an emotional tailspin.
And it’s no wonder why.
Are You One of the 80% with Seizure Cycles?
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Seizure cycles occur in more than 80% of people with epilepsy, a retrospective analysis found.
“The patterns are important across the course of a day, but there are also patterns over weeks and months.”
Catamenial epilepsy — do you have it?
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Do you notice that your seizures worsen just before your period…or during the first few days…or at mid-cycle?
You could have “catamenial epilepsy,” or hormone sensitive seizures, a tendency for increased seizures related to your menstrual cycle.
The causes of catamenial epilepsy are not totally understood.
Tags: catamenial epilepsy, estrogen, hormone sensitive, menstrual cycle, progesterone
Marijuana’s time has come. ..
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“If everyone smoked weed, the world would be a better place.
Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could.” — William F. Buckley Jr.
Americans have spoken.
Congress listened.
Marijuana’s time has come.
Tags: marijuana pros and cons, medical, recreational
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