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Treatments For Epilepsy - Articles
Treatments for Epilepsy
by
Better Health
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 4:41pm
1 Comment
Here is a list of treatments and procedures that are commonly used to treat Epilepsy:
Anticonvulsant medications
Avoid alcohol
Avoid driving
Brain Surgery...
Primidone
Psychotherapy
Sodium valproate
Surgery
Vagus Nerve Stimulation
These are just some of the treatments and procedures that are used to treat Epilepsy.
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Epilepsy Treatment
by
Paul L.
Posted
Tue 21 Oct 2008 12:51am
A relative of mine in California is about to have a vagus nerve stimulation ( VNS ) implant installed for treatment of epileptic seizures. Her quote: "My new neurologist, who is an epileptologist, suggested I consider VNS to control my seizures since they are considered intractable if not controlled by taking two medications (and I take three). I
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Don't Stop: The Importance of Epilepsy Treatment
by
EpilepsyTeam ..
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 1:49pm
be rebelling against having a diagnosis of epilepsy and not wanting to feel different.
Non-compliance may occur later in the treatment regimen because a patient may no longer feel...: It is very important, when starting out on the treatment of epilepsy, that a patient really understands all of these factors, and it is a duty of the doctor to try to spend the time
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Innovative epilepsy treatment a ...
by
Serene L.
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 2:21pm
Innovative epilepsy treatment a godsend for Rocklin pastor
John-Paul Meyer was on a quick stop for beer nearly 10 years ago when he collapsed in a market... to control his convulsions. In 2005, the pastor tried a cutting-edge treatment called vagus nerve stimulation therapy. He says it has controlled his seizures.
Epilepsy
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Treatment Options for Children with Epilepsy
by
EpilepsyTeam ..
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 1:49pm
think the future for children with epilepsy is getting better and better. We have a wide variety of new treatments available. I'm excited about the possibility of genetic therapy...ANNOUNCER: You've just heard your child has epilepsy. You're not alone. Each year the parents of 45,000 children under the age of 15 hear that their children have
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Epilepsy’s Big, Fat Miracle …
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Seth Roberts ..
Posted
Fri 26 Nov 2010 12:00am
… is the title of a New York Times Magazine article about the ketogenic diet, a treatment for childhood epilepsy, which I’ve blogged about several times ( here , here... of certain fats. Perhaps eating enough of these fats would prevent childhood epilepsy. (b) It shows how someone who cares enough in this case, Jim Abrahams, whose son had epilepsy
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'Uncontrolled brain activity' linked to epilepsy
by
Healthy Solutions
Posted
Tue 04 May 2010 5:26am
treatment.
Epileptic seizures are caused by chaotic electrical activity in the brain
Around half a million people in the UK have some form of epilepsy.
Until... are gaining knowledge that could ultimately lead to better treatments for epilepsy, and possibly for other neurological diseases."
Professor Vincenzo Crunelli, a neuroscientist from
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7 TH ASIAN & OCEANIAN EPILEPSY C...
by
Serene L.
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 12:10am
the latest progress in the treatment of epilepsy in developed and developing countries, to participate in Question & Answer sessions (Q & A) of topics that are of great interests to me...
7 TH ASIAN & OCEANIAN EPILEPSY CONGRESS ( AOEC )
Ti me passes by so fast. I still have fresh memories of the epilepsy congress that I
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