Items Tagged ‘epilepsy’
November 15, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
November 15, 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media […]
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August 16, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
August 16, 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media […]
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May 4, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
May 4, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations oestreich.karl@mayo.edu […]
Tags: ABC Nightline, American Academy of Neurology, Bill Weir, Dr. Elaine Wirrell, Dr. Tim Nelson, Dr. Tobias Loddenkemper, Dr. Yonas Geda, epilepsy, Fox News, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, melanoma, regenerative medicine
April 3, 2012
U Research Helps Predict and Control Seizures in Epileptic Dogs
Research conducted by the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine could help owners of severely epileptic dogs predict, control and more effectively treat their pets’ seizures. The research focuses on a small implanted device that continuously monitors brain activity using EEG, or electroencephalography, readings…Funded through a grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders […]
Tags: College of Veterinary Medicine, dogs, epilepsy, NeuroVista Corporation, University of Minnesota
March 1, 2012
Is Twitter reinforcing negative perceptions of epilepsy?
. . .Dr. Joseph Sirven, Professor of Neurology and Chair of the Department of Neurology at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, in an accompanying editorial wrote, “It is now time for the epilepsy community to rise up, have our own Twitter revolution, and alter the way the condition is perceived. There is too much suffering and […]
Tags: Department of Neurology, Dr. Joseph Sirven, epilepsy, Professor of Neurology, twitter
February 17, 2012
Most epilepsy surgery candidates don’t opt for it
Living with epilepsy can be…But despite a recent study showing that epilepsy surgery can be highly effective in the long term, just a fraction of those who suffer with the seizure disorder actually opt for it… “It (the Lancet study) is an important study because it gives us a long-term view of the benefits of […]
Tags: Dr. Joseph Sirven, epilepsy, Epilepsy Foundation, epilepsy surgery, Professional Advisory Board, the Lancet study
February 9, 2012
Electrical Deep-Brain Stimulation Enhances Memory in Small Study
An electrical current sent deep into the brain improves memory, according to a study that suggests a novel approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Seven volunteers with epilepsy who had electrodes implanted in their brains to detect the source of their seizures participated in the research to see if deep-brain stimulation improved their recall. […]
Tags: alzheimer's disease, deep brain stimulation, dementia, electrical current, epilepsy, Matt Stead, New England Journal of Medicine
March 4, 2010
Mayo Clinic Designated Top Epilepsy Treatment Center
Mayo Clinic has been designated a comprehensive epilepsy treatment center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC). Only the top epilepsy programs – those that can provide the most complex and advanced care – are selected for this designation, according to the association. Recognizing the breadth of services offered at Mayo Clinic by […]
Tags: epilepsy
February 2, 2010
Max’s Miracle: High Fat Diet Cures Boy’s Seizures
Boy suffered damaging seizures till change in diet. Ketogenic diet is curing his epilepsy. Max Irvine’s family appears on FOX News with Dr. Elaine Wirrell. FOX News, 1/31/2010
Tags: epilepsy, ketogenic diet
January 21, 2010
Mayo Clinic Team Advances the Fight Against Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a disorder affecting more than three million Americans; Researchers at Mayo Clinic have developed a new technique to increase post-surgical seizure freedom in patients suffering from temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), by pinpointing seizure location… Fellow lead researcher Dr. Gregory Worrell tells DOTmed News, “This test is geared toward identifying where seizures come […]
Tags: epilepsy, temporal lobe epilepsy