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The International League Against Epilepsy Updates Classification of Epileptic Seizures

The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) has updated the operational classification of epileptic seizures, building upon the framework published in 2017. Six key changes were made. The updated classification now consists of four main classes...
23-Apr-2025 8:40 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Seizure Action Plans: Management and Educational Tools in Epilepsy Care

Historically, seizure action plans have focused on certain high-risk groups of people with epilepsy. But some clinicians say that seizure action plans are important educational and seizure management tools that should be offered to everyone.
22-Apr-2025 9:55 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Plans d'action en cas de crise : plus que des outils de prise en charge de l'茅pilepsie

Historiquement, les plans d'action lors de la prise en charge d鈥檜ne crise se sont concentr茅s sur certains groupes de patients 脿 haut risque, tels que les personnes atteintes d'茅pilepsie r茅sistante aux m茅dicaments et les personnes ayant des...
22-Apr-2025 9:40 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulant and Antiseizure Medication Interactions: A Gray Zone in Epilepsy Treatment

As many as 10% of people with epilepsy taking antiseizure medications also take medications to lower the risk of blood clots. Many are prescribed direct-acting oral anticoagulants, or DOACs. But how DOACs interact with antiseizure medications,...
17-Apr-2025 8:35 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Genetic Epilepsies: How Are Epilepsy Genes Discovered?

Hundreds of genes have been associated with epilepsy. How are these genes discovered, and how can gene discovery be used to shape treatment strategies?
17-Apr-2025 8:15 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Genetic Testing for Epilepsy Surgery: Dr. Pat Moloney

In the second episode of our genetics and epilepsy series, Sharp Waves explores how genetic insights can inform considerations and outcomes of epilepsy surgery. Dr. Alina Ivaniuk interviews Dr. Patrick Moloney, currently an epilepsy genomics fellow...
24-Mar-2025 8:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Recommandations consensuelles sur la fa莽on de g茅rer l'茅pilepsie avec myoclonie des paupi猫res (syndrome de Jeavons)

L鈥橢EM est un syndrome d鈥櫭﹑ilepsie g茅n茅ralis茅e caract茅ris茅 par une triade de caract茅ristiques cliniques : crises induites par la fermeture de l鈥櫯搃l ou modifications de l鈥橢EG, myoclonie des paupi猫res avec ou sans crises d鈥檃bsence et...
24-Mar-2025 7:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Hola, mi nombre es epilepsia: C贸mo la terminolog铆a influye en el estigma y la comprensi贸n de la epilepsia en todo el mundo

La terminolog铆a asociada con la epilepsia se deriva de la informaci贸n err贸nea que rodea a la afecci贸n y se alimenta de ella. Aunque la comprensi贸n de la epilepsia como una afecci贸n neurol贸gica ha avanzado dr谩sticamente en los 煤ltimos 150...
18-Mar-2025 10:15 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy, seizures, and epilepsy: Dr. Brin Freund

Sixty percent of patients with dementia on autopsy studies have cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) pathology. This episode discusses the relationship between CAA and epilepsy through the lens of a recent publication. Dr. Alina Ivaniuk talks with Dr....
4-Oct-2023 2:05 PM EDT

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Epilepsy care in Ukraine, one year later: Some crises have subsided, but others loom large

When the full-scale war in Ukraine began, anti-seizure medication supplies disappeared and some families left the country for safety. How has the past year affected people with epilepsy in Ukraine and their families, as well as the physicians who...
21-Mar-2023 2:15 PM EDT

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Shining a light on stigma and discrimination in epilepsy

Stigma leads to discrimination and can affect all aspects of a person鈥檚 life. Dr. Bruna Nucera talked with Mary Secco from the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) about addressing stigma through listening to people with epilepsy and their...
10-Mar-2023 9:50 AM EST

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Epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease: Are there connections?

Alzheimer's disease is a risk factor for epilepsy - and epilepsy is a risk factor for Alzheimer's. We spoke with Dr. Andrew Cole and Dr. Alice Lam about the latest research and some intriguing findings that suggest links between these two conditions.
7-Nov-2022 9:35 AM EST

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Career development profile: Dr. Meriem Bensalem-Owen

From medical training during a civil war to starting Kentucky's first epilepsy fellowship program, Dr. Meriem Bensalem-Owen talks with Sharp Waves about her career journey.
4-Nov-2022 10:05 AM EDT

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What is autoimmune-associated epilepsy: Dr. Claude Steriade

What is autoimmune-associated epilepsy, and how is it different from acute seizures with an autoimmune cause? How can clinicians best diagnose and treat these conditions? Sharp Waves reporter Dr. Maryam Nabavi-Nouri spoke with Dr. Claude Steriade.
3-Oct-2022 12:05 PM EDT

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Epigenetics in epilepsy and the Michael Prize: Dr. Katja Kobow

Though she became involved in epilepsy epigenetics research 鈥渂y accident,鈥� Katja Kobow is already one of the leading researchers in the field, and the most recent recipient of the prestigious Michael Prize. Sharp Waves talked with her about the...
3-Jun-2022 9:30 AM EDT

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Epilepsy and Pregnancy: A Conversation with Dr. Page Pennell

Can women with epilepsy get pregnant, give birth to healthy babies, and breastfeed? What are the myths and misconceptions, and what do physicians and women need to know? Dr. Anca Arbune interviews Dr. Page Pennell about the latest research and...
16-May-2022 12:05 PM EDT

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