Sentences with phrase «by epileptic patients»

We've also referenced service dogs employed by epileptic patients, potentially warning their owners of an impending episode and attracting the attention of others.

These fats are often used by epileptic patients on a ketogenic diet, in order to increase ketone levels while allowing for a bit more carbs in the diet (2).

Not exact matches

I do not debate with people who think we should treat epilepsy by casting demons out of the epileptic person; I do not waste time engaging those medical opinions that suggest that bleeding the patient might release the infection.

«New analysis of brain network activity offers unique insight into epileptic seizures: Researchers are exploring «evolving epileptic brain networks» to gain a better understanding of brain activity in epilepsy patients and the roles played by different regions of the brain.»

Both explore the unique access to the brain afforded by patients whose epileptic seizures have proved resistant to drugs.

Triheptanoin is an investigational medicine being developed by Ultragenyx Pharmaceuticals for patients with fatty - acid metabolism disorders and Glucose Transporter Type 1 Deficiency Syndrome, which leads to epileptic seizures in young children.

Persinger was inspired in part by the Canadian neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield, who studied epileptic patients in the 1950s.

Led by staff scientist Keith Vossel, MD, the team of researchers used sophisticated technologies to detect «subclinical» epileptic activity (too subtle to be noticed on standard clinical exams) and showed that Alzheimer patients with such activity had a faster cognitive decline than those without.

«We might have some real insight into the advantages of dampening of synaptic activity that is caused by fasting,» said Haghighi, for example, how fasting can be beneficial for epileptic patients, who can experience reduced seizures when restricting calories.

In ketosis, the body is fueled by fat (ketone bodies) rather than glucose (carbohydrates)-- this helps epileptic patients by changing the metabolism of the brain, and the same changes might be beneficial for migraneurs.