Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy - Part 3

Dr. Tesha Monteith highlights the American Headache Society's position statement, which advocates for migraine screening in girls and women. Show citation: Schwedt TJ, Starling AJ, Ailani J, et al. Routine migraine screening as a standard of care for Women's health: A position st ...  Show more

In the final installment of this series, Dr. Justin Abbatemarco and Dr. Divyanshu Dubey discuss the latest findings and some non-occupational exposures. Show citation: Hinson SR, Gupta P, Paramasivan NK, et al. Neural synaptic vesicle autoimmunity following aerosolized porcine ne ...  Show more

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In the second episode of our genetics and epilepsy series, Sharp Waves explores how genetic insights can inform considerations and outcomes ...

In 2016, the estimated number of people globally with active epilepsy was 45.9 million. For the US in 2015, this figure was around 3.4 million. So epilepsy is common and generalised seizures are a common type of epilepsy. And the consequences can be serious - from medication side ...  Show more

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In this episode, we explore the science behind exercise as an adjunct treatment for epilepsy and debunk some common myths (spoiler alert: With very r ...

In this episode, Sophie is joined by Tim Ogeltree & Dr. Dan Friedman. Tim, who has epilepsy, is a friend of The Cameron Boyce Foundation and was made aware of SUDEP from Cameron's passing.Dr. Dan Friedman is a Professor in th Department of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medi ...  Show more