Epilepsy

Marijuana has been employed since ancient times for the treatment of epilepsy. However, rigorous scientific data supporting its efficacy has been essentially nonexistent until recently.

The authors present illustrative fictional accounts of patients with medical problems with co-occurring epilepsy.

Dietary therapies have returned to the spotlight as viable nonpharmacological treatment options for medication refractory epilepsy.

An update on responsive neurostimulation, the only implantable, closed-loop device approved for treating seizures.

3 things you may not know-from the new AAN guidelines-about sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.

Key details about an option for the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy in patients who are not surgical candidates.

Dr. Loeb summarizes a global and one-of-a-kind approach of biomarker and drug discovery using systems biology of human brain tissues.

Thanks to technology, it may be possible to diagnose epilepsy in patients earlier and via noninvasive means.

Here: 3 questions that challenge your acumen about the latest AAN guidelines on sudden unexplained death in epilepsy.

What are the risks of anti-seizure meds in pregnancy? Benefits?

New studies shed light on topics such as nonencephalic pain and headache chronicity; benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes and social cognition; and causal triggers of Alzheimer disease onset.

What do the new AAN guidelines on SUDEP offer? Here’s a quick overview of the key facts.

Is it a seizure or something else? Here are 5 tips to assess and treat psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.

The conventional classification of seizure types needed a makeover. To employ the 2017 ILAE classification, a clinician should follow some general rules.

Which came first? Epilepsy or depression? The author sheds light on a complex relationship.

New findings may have an impact on reducing the epilepsy disease burden in future generations.

The anticonvulsant known as Potiga (ezogabine) in the US and as Trobalt (retigabine) in Europe will be discontinued by the manufacturer at the end of June. Details here.

Here is new evidence that the incidence of SUDEP is higher than expected in boys, people with psychiatric comorbidities, and other groups. Details here.

Here’s evidence that ALF may be an important memory disorder in subgroups of patients with epilepsy.

These mobile apps provide tools to record medication details and reminders, first aid instructions, step-by-step recovery guides, and other topics of concern for you and your patient.

May news includes ground-breaking FDA approvals, predictions of Alzheimer disease, and a possible biomarker for mild traumatic brain injury.

A study tested four different efficacy criteria for comparing intravenous antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) used to end status epilepticus.

The first study of its kind in Australia examined influenza-associated neurological disease in hospitalized children.

Highlights: imaging the temporal dynamics & cellular architecture of seizures in Dravet syndrome, & reducing risk of spontaneous fetal loss.

The new SUDEP guidelines, co-developed by the AAN & AES and presented this week at the AAN Annual Meeting, provide clarity to health professionals.

What was the impact of add-on cannabidiol treatment in patients aged 2-55 years experiencing drop seizures?

April news includes tools to manage brain injury and predict recovery, new drug hits and misses, and an updated epilepsy classification system.

Experimental data suggesting benefits of cannabinoid comes from purified, standardized preparations that may not translate to real world practice.

Studies include stroke risk with epilepsy, genetic predisposition for ischemic stroke, and dysphagia screening in stroke patients.

March news includes possible brain tumor therapies, a study exploring mechanisms underlying demyelination-induced seizures, and VNS post stroke.