From epilepsy patient to epilepsy surgeon: Dr. Ashok Pillai

From epilepsy patient to epilepsy surgeon: Dr. Ashok Pillai

Send comments and feedback Dr. Ashok Pillai is a professor of neurosurgery and neuroscience associated with Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, India. He underwent epilepsy surgery after a diagnosis of epilepsy in his mid-30s. Dr. Pillai received his undergraduate degree and medical training in the United States before returning to Kochi in 1999. He experienced ecstatic seizures for nearly a decade before he was diagnosed. His personal experience with epilepsy and epilepsy sur...

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"Why are there so many people?" - Seizures in the Canadian Arctic

"Why are there so many people?" - Seizures in the Canadian Arctic

Send comments and feedback Could annual dramatic shifts in day/night patterns in the Arctic have an effect on seizures? One researcher went looking for answers – and found more than he bargained for. ...

7 Huhti 202221min

Discovering new drugs for epilepsy: Dr. Karen Wilcox

Discovering new drugs for epilepsy: Dr. Karen Wilcox

Send comments and feedback Anti-seizure medications are not a cure, and about 30% of people with epilepsy don't respond to them. How are new medications discovered, and what's on the horizon? Dr. Pat...

15 Maalis 202226min

Deep brain stimulation for epilepsy: Dr. Robert Fisher

Deep brain stimulation for epilepsy: Dr. Robert Fisher

Send comments and feedback Can electrical current stop seizures, or make seizures less severe? How does it work, and who can benefit? Dr. Laurent Sheybani interviews Dr. Robert Fisher about deep-brai...

21 Helmi 202241min

The ketogenic diet for super refractory status epilepticus

The ketogenic diet for super refractory status epilepticus

Send comments and feedback Someone who has persistent seizures that last more than 24 hours, despite treatment, is in super refractory status epilepticus, or SRSE. The condition is rare, but often res...

28 Tammi 202212min

"You are not your epilepsy": A conversation with Bright Bwalya

"You are not your epilepsy": A conversation with Bright Bwalya

Send comments and feedback How can you describe your first seizures to a doctor if you don't remember them happening? What if your university professors don't believe you have epilepsy? How do you han...

12 Tammi 202218min

Epilepsy care in Zambia: "Now that we have neurologists, we will have a voice"

Epilepsy care in Zambia: "Now that we have neurologists, we will have a voice"

Send comments and feedback Before 2018, epilepsy in Zambia was treated as a mental illness by the health care system, though many people viewed it as a manifestation of demonic possession or witchcra...

17 Marras 202128min

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