Neurological disorder

Restless Legs Syndrome: What can you do when your legs won’t stay still?

31 Mar 2025 • 1 Like

Have you ever struggled with an overwhelming urge to move your legs, especially at night, making it nearly impossible to relax or fall asleep? If so, you’re not alone. Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS),...

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Epilepsy and sleep: A complex relationship that impacts health and well-being

10 Feb 2025 • 1 Like • 1 comment

If you're living with epilepsy, you may have noticed that your seizures become more frequent or intense after a poor night’s sleep. This is no coincidence. Sleep and epilepsy share a complex...

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Epilepsy surgery: everything there is to know!

12 Feb 2024 • 2 Likes • 1 comment

Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder, affecting around 630,000 people in the UK. There are several types of epilepsy. This condition can often be successfully treated with medication. However,...

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8 myths and misconceptions about epilepsy

17 Nov 2022 • 2 Likes • 1 comment

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease characterised by abnormal electrical activity in the brain, which results in epileptic seizures. There are different types of seizures, which is why there...

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Epilepsy: Everything you need to know!

14 Feb 2022 • 2 Likes • 1 comment

The word "epilepsy" comes from the Greek word "epilambanein" which means "to attack by surprise". Epilepsy is a chronic disease characterised by epileptic seizures. These seizures are the result of a...

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How does epilepsy affect memory?

8 Feb 2021 • 1 Like • 3 comments

Epilepsy is a chronic medical condition characterized by recurrent seizures. These seizures come from a malfunction of the brain in which the neurons that are supposed to work together through...

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Epilepsy medicines pregabalin and gabapentin to be reclassified as class C drugs

24 Oct 2018 • 5 comments

Epilepsy medicines pregabalin and gabapentin to be reclassified as class C drugs to help minimise possible misuse. The UK government announced last week that the medicines pregabalin and gabapentin...

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Removing 'zombie' cells deters Alzheimer's in mice

20 Sep 2018 • 4 comments

Eliminating dead-but-toxic cells occurring naturally in the brains of mice designed to mimic Alzheimer's slowed neuron damage and memory loss associated with the disease, according to a...

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Young Scot ‘crippled’ by epilepsy gets first dose of medicinal cannabis

27 Aug 2018 • 4 comments

The five-year-old, who is a P2 pupil at Edinburgh’s Clermiston Primary School, was finally given medicinal cannabis after falling heavily and cutting his head during a seizure on Tuesday night. He...

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FDA Approves First Marijuana-Based Drug to Treat Epilepsy

12 Jul 2018 • 1 comment

On June 25, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved Epidiolex (cannabidiol), the first marijuana derived drug for use in the United States, to treat two rare forms of epilepsy. This...

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Epilepsy linked to brain volume and thickness differences

7 May 2018 • 1 comment

Epilepsy is associated with thickness and volume differences in the grey matter of several brain regions, according to new research led by UCL and the Keck School of Medicine of USC. The largest-ever...

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Presurgical imaging may predict whether epilepsy surgery will work

12 Jan 2018 • 1 comment

Surgery to remove a part of the brain to give relief to patients with epilepsy doesn't always result in complete seizure relief, but statisticians at Rice University have developed a method for...