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One Type of Blood Pressure Med May Help Prevent Post-Stroke Epilepsy
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 – Some people develop epilepsy after surviving a stroke, as the injury they’ve sustained causes scarring and disorganized electrical activity in their brains. But one type of b...
Many Women With Epilepsy Unaware of Seizure Meds' Risks to Pregnancy
FRIDAY, Dec. 6, 2024 – Many women with epilepsy who are of childbearing age might not realize their anti-seizure drugs can raise the risk of birth defects or dampen the effectiveness of their birth...
Two Common Antiseizure Medications Do Not Harm Child Neurodevelopment
TUESDAY, Dec. 3, 2024 -- Fetal exposure to two common antiseizure medications (ASMs) does not seem to negatively impact children's neurological development at age 6 years, according to a study pu...
Risk for Suicide Two Times Higher for Those With Epilepsy Versus General Population
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 – The prevalence of suicide is higher among those with epilepsy compared with the general population, according to a study published in the December issue of Epilepsy &...
Continuous Psychological Distress in Pregnancy Increases Offspring Risk for Epilepsy
THURSDAY, Nov. 14, 2024 – Continuous moderate-level maternal psychological distress throughout pregnancy is associated with a heightened risk for epilepsy among offspring, according to a study...
Ordinal Score Predicts Freedom From Epilepsy One Year After Surgery
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 – An ordinal score incorporating eight independent binary clinical variables shows good performance for predicting seizure freedom one year after surgery for mesial temporal...
Retinal Neuroaxonal Loss Detectable With Epilepsy
THURSDAY, Oct. 17, 2024 – In people with epilepsy, progression of retinal neuroaxonal loss is detectable at short-term follow-up, according to a study published online Oct. 9 in Epilepsia. Livia ...
Gut Flora Differs in Patients With Epilepsy and Cognitive Dysfunction
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 – There is an imbalance in the gut flora of patients with epilepsy compared with healthy controls, according to a study published online Sept. 28 in the Journal of Health, ...
Paternal Antiseizure Rx Use at Conception Does Not Pose Risk to Offspring
MONDAY, Sept. 23, 2024 – Limited data indicate that paternal exposure to antiseizure medications (ASMs) at conception is unlikely to pose any major risk for adverse outcomes for offspring, according...
Dad's Epilepsy Med, Valproate, Use Won't Harm His Kids: Study
FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2024 – Would-be dads don’t have to worry that taking the epilepsy drug valproate will result in children with birth defects, a new review concludes. Valproate, an anti-seizure d...
Cases of COVID-19 in Those With Epilepsy Low Early in the Pandemic
THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 – On a global scale, people with epilepsy reported low rates of COVID-19 early in the pandemic, according to a study published online Sept. 3 in Epilepsia Open. Michael J....
Acute Myocardial Infarction Up in People With Epilepsy, 2008 to 2017
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2024 – The prevalence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in people with epilepsy increased from 2008 to 2017, according to a study published online Aug. 4 in Frontiers in...
FDA Approves Libervant (diazepam) Buccal Film for the Treatment of Seizure Clusters in Pediatric Patients Ages 2-5 Years
WARREN, N.J., April 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQST) (“Aquestive” or the “Company”), a pharmaceutical company advancing medicines to bring meaningful improve...
FDA Approves Zonisade (zonisamide oral suspension) for the Treatment of Partial-Onset Seizures
The first and only FDA-approved zonisamide oral liquid formulation WOBURN, Mass., July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a private pharmaceutical company focused on developing...
FDA Approves Ztalmy (ganaxolone) for Seizures Associated with CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder
RADNOR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNS), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of innovative therapeutics to treat seizure disorders, today...
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