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• in Politics
  U.S. Guatemalan Experiments: A Window To A Darker Time
  U.S. medical in the 1940s shows no regard for human life
  by makingsense / on Aug 30, 2011
• in Family
  A Risky Pair: Autism and Epilepsy
  The combination of autism and epilepsy is a huge risk factor for early death. Is it treatable?
  by marjoriehaun / on Apr 19, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “epilepsy”

 

• My First Seizure (Transcription)

  
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  Disclaimer:  The following is the long ago promised transcription of the podcast that I made called “My First Seizure.”  Sorry for any grammar related mistakes. My First Seizure (Transcription) My first seizure happened on December 31, 1991.  It was just … Continue reading →
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• Childhood Disability Rates Rising For The Past 10 Years

  
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  A recent study shows a rise among children with disabilities over the past 10 years. The same study also revealed that disabilities relating to physical health conditions have decreased, while disabilities relating to neurodevelopment and mental health have increased dramatically. In addition, the most significant ...
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• The Epilepsy Foundation Car Raffle

  
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  If you follow us on Twitter , youve probably seen your fair share of tweets lately about the Epilepsy Foundation Car Raffle that Lou Fusz is taking part in. I thought Id take this blog post to explain it a bit more in detail, and why you should get yourself a ticket! Last year, we partnered up with the ...
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• State-Of-The-Art DNA Sequencing Technique Reveals Cause Of Severe Childhood Epilepsies

  
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  Researchers at the University of Arizona have successfully determined the genetic mutations causing severe epilepsies in seven out of 10 children for whom the cause of the disorder could not be determined clinically or by conventional genetic testing. Instead of sequencing each gene one at a time, the team used a ...
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• Henry Molaison: The incredible story of the man with no memory

  
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  A disastrous brain operation left Henry Molaison forever stuck in the same moment. But his amnesia proved a gift to science.        
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• Exome sequencing reveals new causal mutations in children with epileptic encephalopathies - Veeramah - 2013 - Epilepsia - Wiley Online Library

  
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  The management of epilepsy in children is particularly challenging when seizures are resistant to antiepileptic medications, or undergo many changes in seizure type over time, or have comorbid cognitive, behavioral, or motor deficits. Despite efforts to classify such epilepsies based on clinical and ...
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• Can the human brain be mapped? A neurosurgeon lends gray matter to the debate

  
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  As a pediatric neurosurgeon and director of Akron Children’s NeuroDevelopmental Science Center, Dr. Roger Hudgins knows the brain and sees, on a daily basis, the devastating effect these some of these conditions have on children and their families. Here are some of his thoughts on President Obamas brain-mapping ...
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• Quest for Full-Time Employment

  
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  I have started officially looking for full-time employment, and starting to prepare myself for interviews.   I am getting all my resumes and cover letters ready.  My health has never felt better, and I will be graduating soon. However, I still … Continue reading →
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• Injecting new neurons helps tone down epileptic seizures

  
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  Transplanted neurons (green) successfully integrated into the brains of adult mice. RF Hunt and SC Baraban When most people think of the nervous system, they think of it as a hub of activity. Sensations trigger nerves, which activate the ones theyre connected to, eventually producing a ...
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• Depakote Pregnancy Risk Leads To New FDA Restrictions

  
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  According to a new warning issued by federal drug regulators, pregnant women should not use certain epilepsy drugs to treat migraines, due to a potential risk that drugs like Depakote may cause I.Q. problems for children .   On May 6, the FDA issued a drug safety communication , indicating that Depakote and ...
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• Child Urged to Take Exam From Hospital Bed

  
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  Huck/Konopacki Labor Cartoons In a recentpost I pointed out the absurdity of the CaliforniaDemocratic Party’s criticism of the education reform movement because of itscommodification of children . As vulgar and impersonal as it may seem tosensitive, liberal ears, in purely economic and political terms ...
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• The prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders in children prenatally exposed to antiepileptic drugs -- Bromley et al. 84 (6): 637 -- Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

  
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  The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of diagnosed neurodevelopmental disorders in children exposed, in utero, to different antiepileptic drug treatments. A prospective cohort of women with epilepsy and a control group of women without epilepsy were recruited from antenatal clinics. The children of this ...
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• Geneticists Find Causes for Severe Childhood Epilepsies

  
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  Researchers at the University of Arizona have successfully determined the genetic mutations causing severe epilepsies in seven out of 10 children for whom the cause of the disorder could not be determined clinically or by conventional genetic testing. Instead of sequencing each gene one at a time, the team used a ...
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• Epilepsy Cured in Mice Using Brain Cells

  
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  The post Epilepsy Cured in Mice Using Brain Cells appeared first on Innovation Toronto. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Epilepsy in Mice Cured By An Injection of Fresh Brain Cells

  
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  A team at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) has seemingly cured epileptic seizures in mice suffering from the disease by injecting a dose of specialized cells directly into their brains. The work could pave the way for similar cell therapy procedures to one day treat the same disease in humans. In ...
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• Epilepsy, brain, research.

  
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  Epilepsy that does not respond to drugs can be halted in adult mice by transplanting a specific type of cell into the brain, UC San Francisco researchers have discovered, raising hope that a similar treatment might work in severe forms of human epilepsy. UCSF scientists controlled seizures in epileptic mice with a ...
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• Natural Remedies for Seizures That Don’t Respond to Medications

  
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  Natural remedies for seizures and migraines For those of you not familiar with the jargon, a refractory seizure is one that does not respond to medication. Unfortunately, this is not a tiny fraction of epileptics.  Rather, upwards of 1/3 of epileptics have seizures that do not respond to any medication that is ...
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• Infiltrating macrophages are key to the development of seizures following virus infection.

  
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  Viral infections of the central nervous system (CNS) can trigger an antiviral immune response, which initiates an inflammatory cascade to control viral replication and dissemination. The extent of the proinflammatory response in the CNS and the timing of the release of proinflammatory cytokines can lead to neuronal ...
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• Researchers generate cortical interneurons from human embryonic stem cells

  
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  In a recent study, researchers from The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia and the Sloan-Kettering Institute have presented a new method to derive cortical interneurons from human embruonic stem cells . The study has implications in the treatment of  several neurodevelopmental disorders, like autism. Read More
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• Spreading a message of hope, one bag at a time

  
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  By Kipaya Kapiga Conor and Emi The staff at Boston Children’s Hospital works very hard to ensure that every procedure, test and patient visit runs according to plan. But last week the hospital broke from tradition and embraced the element of surprise when some patients received an unexpected gift of toy ...
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