Seizures, convulsions and epilepsy
A seizure is the medical term for a fit or convulsion. One in twenty people will have a seizure at…
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Epilepsy treatment for people with learning disabilities
Launch of new guidance to improve epilepsy treatment for people with learning disabilities: RSM webinar: Tuesday 17 November, 10.00am to…
Mozart reduces seizures in individuals with epilepsy
Daily listening to Mozart reduces seizures in individuals with epilepsy: A randomized control study. Researchers at the Toronto Western Hospital…
RSM webinar: Treatment of status epilepticus
RSM webinar: Treatment of status epilepticus: Thu 16 Jul 2020 from 6:00pm to 7:00pm from RSM Clinical Neurosciences. The Clinical…
Liberia – Growing Cohort of Epilepsy Patients Shows How Life-changing Treatment is Possible
Many of the patients that we see have serious problems from neglect and stigma, because people mistakenly believe that epilepsy…
Artificial Intelligence can Analyse Myoclonus Severity from Video Footage
Fast, reliable and automatic assessment of the severity of myoclonic jerks from video footage is now possible, thanks to an…
Epilepsy and Aluminium
There is a long (and perhaps regrettable) history of the injection of aluminium salts into brain tissue in animal (including…
Update on Autistica
My interest in autism medical research began with a literary search to see where the science had got to. That…
An Embroidered Minds Epilepsy Garden at Chelsea
Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at the tranquil ‘The Embroidered Minds Epilepsy Garden,’ - inspired by William Morris’ daughter Jenny’s…
Epilepsy & Seizure Disorder
https://youtu.be/frhzr8_spNo What is Epilepsy? Epilepsy is a condition characterized by recurrent and unpredictable seizures. Seizures are characterized by groups…
The highs and lows of cannabinoid
'When people think of cannabis, they usually think of the recreational drug and the psychoactive compound THC. However, another very…
Medical Marijuana: Should cannabis be prescribed or not?
In the UK it is estimated there are around three million cannabis users and about one million of those use…