For this month’s KetoNews, I asked Dr. Lindsey Thompson, the ketogenic dietitian for Children’s Mercy in Kansas City to write about breastfeeding and the ketogenic diet. This question comes up quite a bit from parents, and Dr. Thompson is one of the...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently issued new guidance in the package insert for lamotrigine, based on experimental laboratory data, that suggests a possible issue with heart rhythms. Specifically, this new warning advises...
While COVID-19 infection is affecting individuals worldwide, it is important to remember that there is no clinical evidence that COVID-19 infection worsens seizures in people with epilepsy.1 However, there is value in understanding the impact of...
The Epilepsy Foundation launched this month the Epilepsy Learning Portal. The Epilepsy Learning Portal is your one-stop shop to access the Epilepsy Foundation’s online and on-demand trainings about epilepsy and seizures. By launching this portal,...
Leah Blank MD, MPH, shares what we know now about COVID-19 and epilepsy. Dr. Blank is an epileptologist (epilepsy specialist) and assistant professor of neurology and population health science and policy. Dr. Blank also received in 2020 the EF/AES...
