International Epilepsy Day 2024: What Triggers Epileptic Seizures? Check Detailed Treatment Process
In addition to the medical treatment, making healthier life choices and manage stress, limit alcohol and avoid smoking cigarettes. Read expert insights on how epileptic seizures are triggered, scroll down.
Feb 12, 2024, 18:46 PM IST
International Epilepsy Day 2024: Know Common Signs And Symptoms Of The Neurological Disorder- Check Causes
International Epilepsy Day 2024 highlights the significance of education, awareness, and support in empowering individuals with epilepsy to pursue fulfilling lives and the ongoing need to enhance treatment options.
Feb 12, 2024, 12:45 PM IST
Epilepsy Treatment According To Age Group: How Approaches Differ - Doctor Speaks
National Epilepsy Day 2023: On a day meant to increase awareness about epilepsy, a doctor shares how the chronic noncommunicable disease of the brain has to be differently approached depending on whether the patient is an adult or a child.
Nov 17, 2023, 16:48 PM IST
Fatima Sana Shaikh Spreads Awareness About Epilepsy, Says 'It Took Me 5 Years To Accept It'
At a recent event, Fatima was seen emphasizing and discussing epilepsy in order to dispel the stigma and myths associated with this neurological condition.
May 25, 2023, 18:35 PM IST
People With Epilepsy Have Higher Risk Of Early Death: Study
The study reveals people with epilepsy who had no other diseases or health concerns had a 161 percent increased risk of death.
Mar 23, 2023, 18:54 PM IST
Fatima Sana Shaikh posts on epilepsy disorder, shares 5 FACTS you must know!
Fatima Sana Shaikh latest news: She will be seen in 'Dhak Dhak', directed and co-written by Tarun Dudeja, and co-produced by Taapsee Pannu, Pranjal Khandhdiya and Ayush Maheshwari.
Nov 03, 2022, 16:46 PM IST
NIH researchers reveal how human brains know when something's different
National Institutes of Health has discovered how a set of high-frequency brain waves may help us spot differences between the past and the present.
Dec 15, 2020, 17:58 PM IST
The 'Hamilton' star Miguel Cervantes' 3-year-old daughter passes away
Adelaide suffered her first seizure at the about very young age of 7 months and thereafter was diagnosed with Infantile Spasms, reported People magazine.
Oct 14, 2019, 16:14 PM IST
Cameron Boyce's autopsy report reveals details about his death
The manner of death was certified as natural. Boyce's family previously revealed that he passed away after having a seizure in his sleep, which was a result of an ongoing condition for which he was being treated for.
Jul 31, 2019, 19:29 PM IST
Adam Sandler helps raise funds to honour late actor Cameron Boyce
The Thirst Project aims to provide clean drinking water and wells throughout Africa. The charity honoured Boyce with the Pioneering Spirit Award at the 9th Annual Thirst Gala last April for raising over $30,000 for the Thirst Project and helping to build two new wells in Swaziland.
Jul 15, 2019, 17:06 PM IST
Anti-epileptic drugs may up Alzheimer's, dementia risk
Anti-epileptic drugs are the main type of treatment for most people with epilepsy that aims to stop seizures from happening.
Apr 10, 2018, 17:41 PM IST
World Epilepsy Day: All you need to know about the disease
Epilepsy, a chronic non-communicable condition, is a brain disorder that can affect a person of any age.
Feb 09, 2018, 18:02 PM IST
American girl, who suffered from life-threatening seizures, cured by cannabis oil
Annalise Lujan with a rare form of epilepsy has been cured from the life-threatening seizures after doctors treated her with cannabis oil.
Jun 03, 2017, 20:25 PM IST
Marijuana compound may mitigate seizures in patients with rare epilepsy disorder
The Dravet syndrome is a complex childhood epilepsy disorder that is associated with drug-resistant seizures and a high mortality rate.
Pregnant and obese? You may be putting your child at an increased risk of epilepsy!
The results showed that the risk of epilepsy increased by 11 percent in children of overweight mothers (BMI of 25 to less than 30) compared with children and normal-weight mothers.
Apr 04, 2017, 20:34 PM IST
Study suggests stress may trigger seizure for epilepsy patients
A new study has found that stressful events such as the war, trauma or natural disaster, or the death of a loved one, may trigger seizures for the people suffering with epilepsy.
Apr 04, 2017, 12:58 PM IST
Marijuana helps epilepsy patients combat intolerable medication effects
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
Mar 11, 2017, 11:11 AM IST
Stress main factor for seizures in people with epilepsy, finds Apple study
Using the Apple Watch app - known as EpiWatch - researchers observed that stress and lack of sleep are the reasons for seizures in people with epilepsy.
Feb 22, 2017, 16:25 PM IST
Know these common causes of epilepsy!
Epilepsy is a common type of disorder in which nerve cell activity in the brain is disturbed, causing repeated seizures.
Feb 15, 2017, 00:07 AM IST
India views epilepsy as reason to annul, prohibit marriages: WHO
A great proportion of the causes of death related to epilepsy in low and middle-income countries, such as falls, drowning, burns and prolonged seizures, are potentially preventable, the WHO said.
Feb 13, 2017, 22:30 PM IST
