Vicious Cycle: Epilepsy Seizures Could Encourage More Seizures
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Seizures tend to get progressively worse over time in people with epilepsy, and a new study in mice suggests why that might be the case.Seizures appear to prompt the brains of mice to produce more myelin, the i…
Learn MoreSeizure Risk Rises in Months After COVID
THURSDAY, Nov. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A bout of COVID-19, even a milder one, may raise the risk of having a seizure in the next six months, a large new study suggests.Researchers found that of over 300,000 Americans who had suffered a case of CO…
Learn MoreSeizures, Epilepsy Up in Six Months After COVID-19 Infection
THURSDAY, Nov. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The incidence of new seizures or epilepsy is increased in patients in the six months following COVID-19 compared with matched patients with influenza, according to a study published online Nov. 16 in Neurolo…
Learn MoreNeuropsychiatric Manifestations Seen in Monkeypox Patients
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Neuropsychiatric presentations, including seizure, confusion, and encephalitis, have been reported among patients with monkeypox infection, according to a review published online Sept. 8 in eClinicalMedicin…
Learn MoreSeizures in Young Stroke Survivors Double Dementia Risk
FRIDAY, July 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The onset of seizures in young stroke survivors is associated with more than a doubled risk for developing dementia, according to a study published July 26 in Neurology.
Alain Lekoubou, M.D., from Penn Sta…
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