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• Diane Van Deren: “I use my legs as my words”

  
  playthink — Authority: 117
  National Geographic Adventurer magazine profiles Adventurers of the Year in their December 2009/January 2010 edition. The opening paragraphs on ultrarunner Diane Van Deren had me hooked: On February 15, 2009, a dozen runners toed the starting line of the Yukon Arctic Ultra , a 430-miler across frozen tundra in ...
  18 hours ago

• Epileptic Artist To Induce Seizure On Stage

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 522
  Artist, Rita Marcalo, who has suffered epileptic seizures in private for 20 years is attempting to induce one for a public performance. Ms Marcalo has stopped taking medication ahead of next month’s production entitled Involuntary Dances which she claims is to raise awareness of the condition.But she is facing ...
  22 hours ago

• Seizure Information

  
  Kindergarten's 3 R's: Respect, Resources and Rants — Authority: 117
  I attended an afternoon seminar hosted by C. Vaughn of the Epilepsy Foundation of Kansas and Western Missouri today, and came away with so much pertinent and helpful information, I felt the need to share. Please remember that I am NOT a doctor nor medical expert.  The information I share in this ...
  1 day ago

• Epilepsy as live art isnt controversial | Allan Sutherland

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Rita Marcalos plan to induce a seizure on stage challenges peoples fears of the condition – and makes for witty art Thirty years ago I tried to fundraise for Fall Down and Be Counted, a documentary about living with epilepsy, in which I went without sleep and medication in order to induce a fit for the cameras. ...
  2 days ago

• Understanding Epilepsy: Discovery Education Partnership

  
  Changing Connections — Authority: 121
  Discovery Education engages in creating partnerships, both national and global, to bring the best professional development into our classrooms and homes. November is National Epilepsy Month and Discovery has partnered with the Epilepsy Foundation to launch Understanding Epilepsy - a site designed to broaden the ...
  2 days ago

• Epilepsy charity alarmed by dancers plans for onstage seizure

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  An epilepsy charity says it is "very concerned" about a dance artist who is planning to induce a seizure on stage. Rita Marcalo has stopped taking her epilepsy medication before her show in Bradford next month. Marcalo, who is the artistic director of the Instant Dissidence dance theatre in Leeds, said: "Epilepsy is ...
  2 days ago

• For pregnant women with MS or epilepsy, some good news

  
  Booster Shots — Authority: 692
  Researchers at Stanford University have found that women with multiple sclerosis or epilepsy have only a slightly higher risk of abnormal fetal growth and C-section delivery compared with women without the conditions. Lets repeat, only a slightly higher risk. Nor do they appear to suffer a higher rate of other ...
  2 days ago

• Increased Risk Of Seizures Faced By Current Cigarette Smokers

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 724
  A recent study determined there is a significant risk of seizure for individuals who currently smoke cigarettes. Boston-based researchers from Brigham and Womens Hospital and Harvard Medical School also found that long-term, moderate intake of caffeine or alcohol does not increase the chance of having a seizure or ...
  3 days ago

• Epilepsy Awareness

  
  Christine Southard's Blogspot — Authority: 104
  REMINDER:  Seizures happen.  Would you know what to if someone in your life was having a seizure?  Would you be able to recognize the type of seizure?  You might have a student in your class with a grand mal seizure disorder or a petit mal seizure disorder.  Did you know that if a child that appears to have ...
  3 days ago

• Explanation For Rapid Maturation Of Neurons At Birth Found By Duke Researchers

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 724
  At the moment a newborn switches from amniotic fluid to breathing air, another profound shift occurs: nerve cells in the brain convert from hyperexcitability to a calm frame against which outside signals can be detected.
  4 days ago

• Saber’s Statement On the Health Care Reform Video Challenge-

  
  Saber Blog — Authority: 409
  Saber recently participated in Organizing For America’s Health Care Reform Video Challenge, a contest to create a 30 second video ad in support of reforming America’s health care system. His entry depicted him painting an interpretation of the American flag being overwhelmed by the language of his personal ...
  4 days ago

• Congress To FDA: Review Generic Epilepsy Meds

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 584
  Those who take meds to cope with epilepsy will be interested to know that Congress has asked the FDA to examine epileptic drugs the agency considers to be therapeutically equivalent to other products. The disclosure was made in a conference report pertaining to an appropriations bill for the agency (see page 86 ). ...
  5 days ago

• Parenting Methods Contrasted

  
  Josh Lewis's Blog — Authority: 409
  A conversation from earlier today highlighted the difference between my semi-paranoid approach to parenting and Steph’s more relaxed, “wing it” method. Caleb, Steph and I were in Caleb’s room with the lights off, playing with one of Caleb’s baby toys we had just brought out from storage. Caleb laid under it ...
  6 days ago

• Can Diet Coke Kill You? Part 2

  
  Green Options — Authority: 148
  Due to the great popularity of “ Can Diet Coke Kill You? ” combined with a lot of controversy over it, I have decided to write this follow-up post. Most of the controversy over the last article was around the fact that the documentary I referenced sited data from the National Cancer Institite (NCI) but that ...
  1 week ago

• Let’s get a Seizure Service Dog for Kameryn Parrett

  
  Judy Vorfeld's Office Support Services — Authority: 119
  I’m Kameryn Parrett, and I was born with a condition know as hydrocephalus and Agenesis of the corpus callosum . Hydrocephalus is a term derived from the Greek words “hydro” meaning water, and “cephalus” meaning head, and this condition is sometimes known as “water on the brain.” People with ...
  1 week ago

• Review: Reports on Pfizer drug studies misleading

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 160
  Analysis of a dozen published studies testing possible new uses for a Pfizer Inc. epilepsy drug found that reporting of the results was often misleading, indicating the medicine worked better than internal company documents showed....
  1 week ago

• NeuroTherapeutics Pharma Receives Investment From The Epilepsy Therapy Project

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 724
  NeuroTherapeutics Pharma, Inc., or NTP, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapies for central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced that it received a $100,000 investment from the Epilepsy Therapy Project.
  1 week ago

• Weaned.

  
  Michael's Meanderings — Authority: 117
  As of last night, Jade is no longer taking any anti-seizure medications. Its the first time shes been drug-free for over eighteen months. The last time we did a wean, we expected and saw some withdrawal symptoms. It wasnt surprising considering shed been on an addictive drug for such a long time. This time, things ...
  1 week ago

• New Thoughts on Memory

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 554
  Traditionally, scientists have believed long-term and short-term memories were formed by different processes within the brain. This theory is now being challenged by researchers from University College London. Historically, the position of a different process for memories was based on observation of patients with ...
  1 week ago

• Long and short-term memory theory challenged

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Washington, November 10 (ANI): A new study has challenged the long-held theory of human brain using different mechanisms for forming long-term and short-term memories.Neuroscientists from UCL assessed patients with amnesia for the research.In cases of amnesia, patients are unable to form long-lasting memories due to ...
  1 week ago

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