Epilepsy News

Doug Hood Photo Taylor Haws, 13, of East Brunswick digs in the sand of Island Beach State Park yesterday during the Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey's Day at the Beach.2.7

Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital recently opened a new stroke center, marking the facility's latest milestone in developing a comprehensive neurosciences program.2.7

A NEW brain-scanning technique developed by Melbourne researchers could provide hope for 40,000 Australians suffering from a crippling form of epilepsy by identifying suitable candidates for surgery that can ...2.7

Zoar's Pond Recreation Area was transformed into a huge mud pit Saturday for the 19th annual Mud Volleyball Tournament.2.7

Scientists in Texas have managed to lower the amount of 'hidden' HIV resting inside infected cells by using a drug that forces out into the open where it can be destroyed by conventional HIV medication.2.9

The Medical College of Georgia has been awarded the highest honor in the nation for its epilepsy program.2.9

Former English Channel swimmer Jim Bayles of Newtown, 53, goes the distance for charity ... The boat is owned by their friends Scott and Valerie Droukas of Brookfield, who went along for the ride.2.9

Aug. 13 - Medical researchers reveal a promising new direction in the fight against AIDS.2.9

Oxcarbazepine is an antiepileptic drug indicated for use as monotherapy and add-on therapy in adults and children 4 years of age and older.2.7

A cheap drug developed in the US has shown promise of curing the deadly Human Immunodeficiency Virus that infects cells of the human immune system.4.6

A new therapy combining an epilepsy drug with antiviral drugs could one day transform HIV into a ... The study was done at the University of Texas Southwest Medical Center in Dallas.

It is the leading cause of disability in the United States. Something new in the treatment of depression is a device called the Vagus Nerve Stimulator, or VNS.2.7

Fifteen years have passed since the Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted to protect workers who have a mental or physical impairment from discrimination in the workplace.2.7

Doctors at Penn State Hershey Medical Center are offering a radical new treatment for chronic depression that's normally used to treat epilepsy.2.1

THE TAMPA BREAST Cancer 3-Day Expo is 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort, 1160 Gulf Blvd.

The Epilepsy Foundation's Expressions of Courage Art Contest is a way for people who live with epilepsy to express their experience through art.3.1

The state of Florida has decided to add five mental health drugs to the new list of medications covered by Medicaid.2

Get ready, psychiatrists. Here comes Cyberonics. Starting Monday, the Houston-based medical device manufacturer will unleash its new 330-person sales force on some 8,500 psychiatrists nationwide, hoping to sell ...2.9

Yoga for Epilepsy Yoga is increasingly becoming a focal point of therapy and research in treating epilepsy.2.7

The trial is one of two pivotal Phase 3 trials that Valeant intends to initiate in 2005.2.7

Staff Writer A national magazine recently featured a local family because of the mother's work to educate others about epilepsy.

AT 12, he should be in school preparing for UPSR. Instead, Muhammad Fitri Mohd Nazli has been in hospital since last December being treated for brain tumour.3.1

AG, the world's fourth-largest drug maker by market value, said the US attorney's office in Philadelphia is investigating the possible improper promotion of its Trileptal epilepsy treatment.3.1

Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline has issued a "Dear Doctor" letter advising that its anti-epilepsy drug Lamictal can reduce the effectiveness of oral contraceptives.2.7

This column offers a question-and-answer forum to help nurses maintain their knowledge of advances in prescribing and psychopharmacology, and implications for safe psychiatric care.2.7

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a new use for TOPAMAX Tablets and TOPAMAX Sprinkle Capsules as initial monotherapy in patients 10 years of age and older with partial-onset or primary ...4

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions facing Americans. While medications work for most patients, some are forced to search out other options.2.7

Headaches are a common complaint, but one in every Since most headaches are benign, diagnosis has often been difficult.2.7

By Sid Schwartz Gazette Staff Virginia Peabody thinks diabetic drivers such as her husband, who crashed while having a diabetic reaction May 25, should have the same license restrictions as epileptics.2.7

The results of a Finnish population-based study confirm that pregnant women taking the antiepileptic drug valproate run the risk of having a child with birth defects.3.3

Different modified-release preparations of the same drug can have different release characteristics.2.7

UCB Pharma, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Keppra as add-on therapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures in children four years of age and older with epilepsy.2.7