Sentences with phrase «better epilepsy treatments»

«Better epilepsy treatments will improve the quality of life for millions of people.»

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It's currently being explored as a potential treatment for certain types of epilepsy as well.

«In the long run, this improved understanding may enable the development of better treatment options for patients suffering from epilepsy.

The study is meaningful in respect to the fact that it calls into question the role of the T - type calcium channel in the reticular thalamus, and is expected to provide an important theoretical foundation for understanding its role in the mechanism of absence seizures, as well as developing effective treatment methods for absence epilepsy.

A better understanding of the function of neuromodulators, such as COX - 2 and TIA - 1, may help identify novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of epilepsy.»

LIVING with epilepsy is hard at the best of times, but in countries where the disorder is poorly understood and treatments are scarce, it can be deadly.

Fortunately, there is a group of people who are having their brains stimulated anyway, because surgery is still the best treatment option for many epilepsy patients.

Her groundbreaking work may transform epilepsy research and lead to better treatments.

Each week, our Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Team, made up of board certified pediatric neurologists, neurosurgeons, speech pathologists, neuropsychologists and neuroradiologists, meets to discuss patients being evaluated for epilepsy and make the best treatment decision for each patient.

Many studies show that this type of diet can help you lose weight and improve your health as well, causing reductions in blood sugar and insulin levels and assisting in the treatment of diabetes, cancer, epilepsy and Alzhheimer's disease.

For individuals who fail to see expected results from anti-seizure medication, a ketogenic diet has proven to be well - established as a therapeutic treatment for epilepsy.

It's been fairly well established that women who suffer from premenstrual or catamenial epilepsy improve when they use progesterone, but mainstream medicine never got on board with the treatment.

Although the data is limited in adults, for those with drug resistant epilepsy, this could be a very good treatment of choice.

Progesterone is well - established as an effective treatment for most catamenial epilepsy, and for the same reasons it works for insomnia, the progesterone pill works better than the cream to reduce or eliminate these types of seizures.

A randomized controlled trial of both classical and MCT ketogenic diets was reported in 2009 and did not find either type of diet to be significantly better in terms of efficacy or tolerability, concluding both diets have their place in the treatment of childhood epilepsy.

People are attracted to the ketogenic diet because of its many benefits, including weight loss without hunger (and it does seem to work well for this, at least initially), crystal clear thinking, improved lipids, better energy, epilepsy treatment, and even a way to overcome type 2 diabetes.

In conclusion, the role of ketogenic diets in epilepsy treatment is well established and we are confident that this is also the case for weight loss, cardiovascular disease and T2D.

A Specialist consultation is usually required to sort out these rarer problems whereas your GP will usually be very used to managing primary epilepsy and may only seek Specialist input if there is something unusual about the case or the patient is not responding well to treatment.

It was originally used in the treatment of epilepsy in humans where it was noticed that it helped with pain as well.

Such traditional medicinal practices, known to threaten primate species as well as tigers and bears, also pose a shocking danger to wild dogs: Half of all known wild canid species, including two endangered ones, are harvested for use in folk treatments.According to the BBC, a team of researchers led by Professor Romulo Alves of the State University of Paraiba in Brazil «found evidence that canids are used in the treatment of at least 28 medical conditions, including asthma, arthritis, back ache, bronchial illnesses, chicken pox, eczema, epilepsy, flu, kidney diseases, measles and mumps, as well as the treatment of stomach complaints, snake bites, and warts.»

Topamax This drug is frequently prescribed for epilepsy and migraines, as well as the off - label uses, including treatment of bipolar disorder, obesity, bulimia, neuropathic pain, obsessive - compulsive disorder, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and alcoholism.

There is growing evidence for online mindfulness courses being as effective as other face - to - face interventions and online courses for stress even without a therapeutic alliance.37 — 40 Previously found Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) effect sizes are comparable to those found with face - to - face mindfulness and CBT interventions, including our previous research examining the course currently under investigation.40 — 42 One RCT found that an automated internet - based therapy including CBT and mindfulness actually had better outcomes for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) than the comparative online therapist - led intervention, suggesting that the effects of internet interventions can not be attributed to, and do not rely on, therapist interaction.43 Studies are finding that online mindfulness courses can be beneficial for depression in samples with IBS and epilepsy and anxiety symptoms in a non-clinical sample comparing a 3 - week mindfulness course with positive psychology interventions and treatment as usual (see Monshat38 for a review).