Epilepsy

2023 - 3 - 12

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GMVS student attends DC conference on epilepsy (The Valley Reporter)

Green Mountain Valley School ninth grader Soledad Nadel has turned her diagnosis of epilepsy into a call for action.

'The pain of losing my son Felix from epilepsy never leaves me, nor ... (Telegraph.co.uk)

Following the sudden death of her 20-year-old child from epilepsy, a mother shares how she has learnt to live with visceral trauma.

But the pain of the loss of Felix never leaves me, nor do I want it to. Why would I want to close off my relationship with my son, tidy him up into a neat parcel and put him away? For the first few weeks I didn’t really want to go out, but of course, eventually I had to. It seemed incomprehensible to me that normal life was carrying on while I was thrown into a terrifying, absurd place of loss. It is hard to describe the kind of surreal world I was thrown into upon being given the news. I remember steeling myself to go down to our local high street for the first time. I wept in a way I have never wept before. I found the director who told me that Felix hadn’t turned up for the last couple of days and they’d been trying to track him down but didn’t know where he lived. He hadn’t replied to my texts for a couple of days, but I didn’t think anything of that. But after half an hour of waiting, and no response to texts or phone calls, I decided to head to the theatre where they were rehearsing. At this point I was starting to feel anxious. I was on my way to Leicester to watch my son Felix on stage in a musical.

Gaining a Better Understanding of Metabolic Changes in Epilepsy ... (Neurology Live)

The modified Atkins diet (MAD), mainly introduced in the early 2000s, is a less restrictive change to the traditional ketogenic diet. Along with the medium ...

All told, results showed 13 increased metabolites in plasma, which included a 4.10-fold increase in ketone body 3-hydroxybutyric acid, decreased palmitic acid in cortex, and 11 decreased metabolites in hippocampus, which had top associations with mitochondrial functions. The modified Atkins diet (MAD), mainly introduced in the early 2000s, is a less restrictive change to the traditional ketogenic diet. MAD differs from ketogenic diets in that there is no fluid or calorie restriction or limitation, as well as no restrictions on proteins.

Jennifer Preston obituary (The Guardian)

Other lives: Teacher and charity worker who co-founded Sudep Action, which helps those affected by sudden unexplained death in epilepsy syndrome.

From the age of seven, Jennifer went to Mayfield boarding school in East Sussex. Initially living in Chelsea, in 1967 they moved to a house in Fulham, where Jennifer would remain for the rest of her life. She was more intent on adventure, however, and after Mayfield became a librarian in the London Library (1952-54) before going to Rome, in 1956, where she worked as an au pair, and then to the Sorbonne in Paris to do French studies (1957-58). Sir Laurence later went on to become head of the Royal Geographical Society. Jennifer channelled her grief into producing Epilepsy and the Young Adult (1990), a booklet designed to help those who are diagnosed in their teens, and, with other bereaved families, founded Epilepsy Bereaved, now Jennifer’s career in education and charity work spanned more than 60 years, which enabled her to have a positive impact on the lives of hundreds of children and families.

The Modified Atkins Diet and Epilepsy: A Promising Study (NNN)

Alongside the medium-chain triglyceride diet and the low glycemic index treatment, MAD is one of three possible diets. The MAD has little to no restrictions on ...

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Health experts bust myths related to epileptic seizures (Hindustan Times)

There are numerous myths about epilepsy such as the belief that it is incurable, that people having an epileptic episode are possessed and so on.

When entire brain is involved it is produces generalised seizure and when one part is involved it produces focal seizure. However, he added, “Epilepsy is a treatable disorder, so all patients should get a neurologist's consultation. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Santosh Sontakke, Consultant Neurologist at Ruby Hall Clinic in Pune, explained, “Epilepsy is characterised by a tendency to get recurrent seizures, which are basically loss-of-consciousness episodes.