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American Family Physician
July 1, 2001 |
What Should I Know About Seizures and Epilepsy? What is a seizure, and what is epilepsy?... What causes epilepsy?... Who gets epilepsy?... Are all seizures the same?... How does the doctor find out I have epilepsy?...   |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2006
James S. Millar |
Evaluation and Treatment of the Child with Febrile Seizure Up to 5% of children in North America and western Europe experience at least one episode of febrile seizure before six years of age. Most of these seizures are self-limited and patients do not require treatment. |
American Family Physician
September 1, 2000
Gary N. McAbee & James E. Wark |
A Practical Approach to Uncomplicated Seizures in Children Uncomplicated seizures and epilepsy are common in infants and children. Not all uncomplicated childhood seizures require neuroimaging or treatment... |
Nursing
September 1, 2007
Mary Unruh Fagley |
Taking Charge of Seizure Activity Learn what happens during a seizure when the brain's electric signals go awry and how you can help someone plagued by the disturbing effects. |
American Family Physician
September 1, 2005
Alsaadi & Marquez |
Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures Often misdiagnosed and treated for epilepsy, these seizures are unique in that they do not have a neurologic origin. |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2003
Velez & Selwa |
Seizure Disorders in the Elderly Seizure disorders become increasingly common after the age of 60 years and can have a significant impact on functional status. The goal of antiepileptic drug therapy is to control seizures but preserve quality of life. |
Reactive Reports
July 2004
David Bradley |
Breaking the Cycle of Epilepsy in Women Researchers have made an important discovery about a form of epilepsy that affects women most severely during menstruation. The findings could lead to a new treatment based on manipulating levels of the hormone progesterone. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2009
Virginia Hughes |
A New Approach to Predicting Epileptic Seizures Torrents of data produced by implanted microelectrodes could finally yield a prediction system |
American Family Physician
July 1, 2001
Selim R. Benbadis |
Advances in the Treatment of Epilepsy Significant advances have been made in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy over the past decade... |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2001
Michael Luszczak |
Evaluation and Management of Infants and Young Children with Fever Acute febrile illness in an infant or a young child is a common clinical scenario that can be a diagnostic challenge. The evaluation is guided by the history and physical examination, along with judiciously selected screening tests... |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2002
Martha J. Morrell |
Epilepsy in Women Epilepsy in women raises special reproductive and general health concerns. Seizure frequency and severity may change at puberty, over the menstrual cycle, with pregnancy, and at menopause. |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2000
Kenneth B. Roberts |
The AAP Practice Parameter on Urinary Tract Infections in Febrile Infants and Young Children The Committee on Quality Improvement of the American Academy of Pediatrics developed an evidence-based practice parameter on the diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of the initial urinary tract infection in febrile infants and young children... |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Twilight Seizures News outlets in the U.S. have received multiple reports of people suffering seizures while watching the birth scene of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
November 1, 2013
Ben Comer |
Top Medical Innovations for 2014 At the conclusion of the Cleveland Clinic's Medical Innovations Summit each year, 10 innovative technologies are unveiled before the audience, and designated as new and revolutionary tools for the treatment of disease and disability. |
