by Katrina Carr | Dec 10, 2020 | Pathogenesis
Obstructive sleep apnea more likely in generalized versus focal epilepsy By Adriene Marshall credit: nicolesy/Getty Images By zeroing in on specific etiologies, researchers found that patients with generalized epilepsy have a higher risk of obstructive sleep apnea...
by Katrina Carr | Oct 30, 2020 | Diagnosis
Patients with new-onset focal seizures face delayed and missed diagnosis in emergent settings By Frieda Wiley, PHARMD credit: Scott Camazine / Science Source Patients who have new-onset focal seizures often experience delayed diagnoses – a circumstance that...
by Katrina Carr | Oct 13, 2020 | Cost & Coping
Paternal antiseizure meds have little impact on offspring By Kate Johnson credit: ljubaphoto/Getty Images Men who take antiseizure medications for epilepsy have higher rates of psychiatric comorbidities and erectile dysfunction, but do not face a higher risk of...
by Katrina Carr | Sep 4, 2020 | Cost & Coping
Pandemic reassurance for people with epilepsy By Kate Johnson credit: filadendron/Getty Images Epilepsy specialists may need to tackle some unnecessary anxiety among their patients, many of whom were misled in mid-March when the Centers for Disease Control and...
by Katrina Carr | Aug 6, 2020 | Cost & Coping
Aiming to improve virtual encounters for epilepsy By Richard Mark Kirkner credit: ake1150sb/Getty Images As more health interventions move to a virtual platform because of COVID-19, researchers have reported that virtual interactions in a program designed to help...
