epilepsy
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The 21-year-old, from Netherlee in East Renfrewshire, has Rett Syndrome, a genetic neurological disorder which leaves her unable to speak or move and comes with a range of health problems including epilepsy.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Lacosamide is already used as a treatment for epilepsy, but the researchers found that its effects on cartilage depended heavily on the dose.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
While Linton has not been diagnosed with an underlying seizure disorder, such as epilepsy, defense attorney Jovan Blacknell said Linton suffered intermittent seizures during her life, including at the time of the wreck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
A U.S.-based chain of medbed operators called Tesla BioHealing has been flagged by federal regulators for claiming that its “Life Force Energy” treatments can cure stroke paralysis, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, and terminal cancer.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
"I have...I have epilepsy, and I'm supposed to have surgery tomorrow."
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
Electrophysiology insights could guide more sophisticated monitoring of cortical epilepsies and possibly other focal epilepsies as well.
From Nature ● Jul. 8, 2014
The mechanism underlying seizures known as absence epilepsies is rather different.
From Nature ● Jul. 8, 2014
Indeed, many epilepsies resemble a perverse imitation of normal activity for a given brain structure — and these lead to some of the distinctions between the pathology and activity associated with different epileptic disorders.
From Nature ● Jul. 8, 2014
Still, about 30% of epilepsies do not respond to pharmaceuticals, which prompted the search for alternative treatments.
From Nature ● Jul. 8, 2014
Therefore, I am not at all sure that these conceptions will really apply to essential epilepsies or to the real epilepsies.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
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