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Practice Guideline on Outcomes After in Utero Exposure to Anti-Seizure Medications: Dr. Alison Pack

Today's topic is recent guidelines about treatment for people with epilepsy of childbearing potential. The guidelines cover teratogenesis as well as perinatal and neurodevelopmental outcomes after in utero exposure to anti-seizure medications. Sharp...
5-Feb-2025 9:40 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Changing the term for "epilepsy" in Malaysia: Why and how? Dr. Chong Tin Tan

In the medical world, diseases and conditions have sometimes been given inappropriate or even offensive names. The word for epilepsy in many Asian languages translates to stigmatizing terms that neurologists across the region are trying to correct....
5-Feb-2025 9:40 AM EST Add to Favorites

Global neurology: Pitfalls and purpose 鈥� Dr. Melody Asukile and Dr. Deanna Saylor

With all the best intentions, undertakings in global neurology can include assumptions and biases that lead to unforeseen negative consequences. Sharp Waves spoke with Dr. Melody Asukile and Dr. Deanna Saylor, who discuss some of these unforeseen...
29-Jan-2025 6:40 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Los cursos de formaci贸n en epilepsia mejoran la atenci贸n no especializada. Tambi茅n pueden impulsar un cambio nacional

Muchos pa铆ses carecen de suficientes especialistas para atender a las personas con epilepsia. Incluso en los pa铆ses de ingresos altos, un porcentaje significativo de personas con epilepsia reciben la atenci贸n m茅dica de un no especialista.
21-Jan-2025 5:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Hello, My Name Is Epilepsy: How Terminology Influences Stigma and Understanding of Epilepsy Around the World

In many languages, terms for epilepsy have derogatory or stigmatizing meanings. In some countries, neurologists are trying to change these terms to reflect our understanding of epilepsy as a brain disease. Can the stigma surrounding epilepsy be...
21-Jan-2025 9:40 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Epilepsy Comorbidities Are Present Before Diagnosis: Research Recap with Remy Pugh and Dr. Chris Tailby

Some people with epilepsy also experience memory and learning issues, as well as depression or anxiety. A study in Australia screened people for these conditions at a seizure clinic, before anti-seizure medications had been prescribed. Compared with...
22-Nov-2024 11:55 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Consensus Recommendations on Navigating Epilepsy with Eyelid Myoclonia (Jeavons Syndrome)

Epilepsy with eyelid myoclonia is a generalized epilepsy syndrome characterized by eye-closure-induced seizures or changes on the EEG, eyelid myoclonia--jerks of the eyelids and eye-rolling--with or without absence seizures, and photosensitivity. It...
22-Nov-2024 11:45 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Epilepsy Training Courses Improve Non-Specialist Care. They Also Can Spur National Change

Continuing education of non-specialists is crucial for improving and enhancing epilepsy diagnosis and treatment. Many countries lack enough specialists to care for people with epilepsy. Even in high-income countries, a significant percentage of...
11-Nov-2024 11:10 AM EST Add to Favorites


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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy, seizures, and epilepsy: Dr. Brin Freund

Sixty percent of patients with dementia on autopsy studies have cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) pathology. This episode discusses the relationship between CAA and epilepsy through the lens of a recent publication. Dr. Alina Ivaniuk talks with Dr....
4-Oct-2023 2:05 PM EDT

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Epilepsy care in Ukraine, one year later: Some crises have subsided, but others loom large

When the full-scale war in Ukraine began, anti-seizure medication supplies disappeared and some families left the country for safety. How has the past year affected people with epilepsy in Ukraine and their families, as well as the physicians who...
21-Mar-2023 2:15 PM EDT

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Shining a light on stigma and discrimination in epilepsy

Stigma leads to discrimination and can affect all aspects of a person鈥檚 life. Dr. Bruna Nucera talked with Mary Secco from the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) about addressing stigma through listening to people with epilepsy and their...
10-Mar-2023 9:50 AM EST

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Epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease: Are there connections?

Alzheimer's disease is a risk factor for epilepsy - and epilepsy is a risk factor for Alzheimer's. We spoke with Dr. Andrew Cole and Dr. Alice Lam about the latest research and some intriguing findings that suggest links between these two conditions.
7-Nov-2022 9:35 AM EST

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Career development profile: Dr. Meriem Bensalem-Owen

From medical training during a civil war to starting Kentucky's first epilepsy fellowship program, Dr. Meriem Bensalem-Owen talks with Sharp Waves about her career journey.
4-Nov-2022 10:05 AM EDT

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What is autoimmune-associated epilepsy: Dr. Claude Steriade

What is autoimmune-associated epilepsy, and how is it different from acute seizures with an autoimmune cause? How can clinicians best diagnose and treat these conditions? Sharp Waves reporter Dr. Maryam Nabavi-Nouri spoke with Dr. Claude Steriade.
3-Oct-2022 12:05 PM EDT

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Epigenetics in epilepsy and the Michael Prize: Dr. Katja Kobow

Though she became involved in epilepsy epigenetics research 鈥渂y accident,鈥� Katja Kobow is already one of the leading researchers in the field, and the most recent recipient of the prestigious Michael Prize. Sharp Waves talked with her about the...
3-Jun-2022 9:30 AM EDT

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Epilepsy and Pregnancy: A Conversation with Dr. Page Pennell

Can women with epilepsy get pregnant, give birth to healthy babies, and breastfeed? What are the myths and misconceptions, and what do physicians and women need to know? Dr. Anca Arbune interviews Dr. Page Pennell about the latest research and...
16-May-2022 12:05 PM EDT

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