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    Tag: epilepsy

    Reassessing a teen’s epilepsy to achieve seizure freedom

    June 7, 2025

    Emma, a 19-year-old student from Melbourne, presents to an adult epilepsy specialist with a pre-existing diagnosis of an epilepsy syndrome. She has a history of…

    Dr Brett Kagan (PhD).

    A brain in a dish — AusDoc meets the future of medicine

    April 29, 2025

    The mere concept of human tissue in a computer can make people squeamish, warns neuroscientist Dr Brett Kagan (PhD). But the Chief Scientific Officer of…

    Skier’s syncope on the slopes: Is it epilepsy?

    March 15, 2025

    Mike is a 35-year-old man from regional Victoria who presents to a neurologist after experiencing an episode on a family holiday to a local alpine…

    Scientists find new way to predict epileptic seizures 24 hours before they occur

    July 29, 2024

    The risk of seizures within a 24-hour period can be predicted by watching for abnormal brain activity patterns in people with epilepsy, a new study…

    Hospital admissions for epilepsy change with the weather: study

    July 16, 2024

    Climatic changes are possible trigger factors for seizure-related hospitalisations in patients with epilepsy, a study shows. Researchers from the Friedrich-Alexander-University Hospital Erlangen in Germany looked…

    Court mandates chemo for teen with disabilities against the wishes of her mother and paediatrician

    March 21, 2024

    A court has ordered a teenager with developmental disabilities to undergo leukaemia treatment involving dozens of general anaesthetics over the objections of her mother and…

    Swimmer’s meningitis and epilepsy linked to rare bacterium: case study

    September 18, 2023

    A summertime swim has resulted in purulent meningitis and secondary epilepsy for one middle-aged man, with doctors tracing the CNS infection to a recently discovered…

    Call to switch anti-epileptic tablet to powder amid global recall

    August 9, 2023

    The TGA has urged doctors prescribing the anti-epileptic vigabatrin to switch patients to oral powder sachets when issuing new scripts amid a national shortage of…

    Prenatal valproate exposure tied to psychiatric disorders in late childhood

    June 7, 2023

    Prenatal exposure to the antiepileptic valproate is associated with an increased risk for later psychiatric disorders among children of mothers with epilepsy, according to a…

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    Higher mortality seen in stroke survivors with acute symptomatic status epilepticus

    April 19, 2023

    Stroke survivors with acute symptomatic status epilepticus have higher risk of death and epilepsy than those with short acute symptomatic seizures or no seizures at…

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