The epileptic heart: Seizures and cardiac risk factors - Dr. Trudy Pang and Dr. Richard Verrier

The epileptic heart: Seizures and cardiac risk factors - Dr. Trudy Pang and Dr. Richard Verrier

Send comments and feedback Recent community-based studies suggest that people with chronic epilepsy have three times the risk of sudden cardiac death, compared with the general population. The studies also found that two-thirds of the cases of cardiac arrest in people with epilepsy did not occur directly before, during, or after a seizure. How do seizures affect the heart, both acutely and chronically? Dr. Trudy Pang and Dr. Richard Verrier have introduced the concept of the "epileptic...

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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 Apr 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 Mars 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 Feb 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 Jan 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 Jan 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...

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