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  • Seizure and Epilepsy News
    • Epilepsy & Behavior Journal
      • Select Journal Abstracts
        • 4th Biennial Epilepsy Pipeline Update Conference Recap
        • A Standardized Diagnostic Approach and Ongoing Feedback Improves Outcome in Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures
        • An Evaluation of the Impact of Memory and Mood on Antiepileptic Drug Adherence
        • Changes in Attitudes of US Adults toward People with Epilepsy
        • Changing the Approach to Treatment Choice in Epilepsy Using Big Data
        • Clinical and Economic Burden of Breakthrough Seizures
        • Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults with Epilepsy: Characterization and Risk Factor Analysis
        • Determinants of Felt Stigma in Epilepsy
        • Differential Impact of Contraceptive Methods on Seizures Varies by Antiepileptic Drug Category
        • Establishing an Adult Epilepsy Diet Center: Experience, Efficacy, and Challenges
        • Health Care Costs and Use Related to Long or Short Acting Seizure Medications (AEDs) when Used Alone
        • In Focus: The Everyday Lives of Families of Adult Individuals with Epilepsy
        • Long-term Seizure and Psychosocial Outcomes of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Intractable Epilepsy
        • Perspectives on Seizure Clusters: Gaps in Lexicon, Awareness, and Treatment
        • Predicting Drug Resistance in Adult Patients with Generalized Epilepsy: A Case Control Study
        • Self-control of Epileptic Seizures by Nonpharmacological Strategies
        • Severity of Self-reported Insomnia in Adults with Epilepsy is Related to Comorbid Medical Disorders and Depressive Symptoms
        • Should we stop saying “epileptic”? A Comparison of the Effect of the Terms “Epileptic” and “Person with Epilepsy”
        • Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in School-aged Children with Active Epilepsy
        • Temporal Lobe Epilepsy is a Predisposing Factor for Sleep Apnea: A Questionnaire Study in Video-EEG Monitoring Unit
        • Use of Antiepileptic Drugs During Pregnancy and Lactation: Type of information provided by searching Google
        • A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Manual-based Psychosocial Group Intervention for Young People with Epilepsy (PIE)
        • Addition of a Hospital Bedside Sitter During Intracranial Stereotactic EEG Monitoring Improves Safety and Seizure Responses in Adult Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
        • Addressing Barriers to Surgical Evaluation for Patients with Epilepsy
        • Association between antiepileptic drug dose and long-term response in patients with refractory epilepsy
        • Association of Sleep with Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
        • Becoming Comfortable with "My" Epilepsy: Strategies that Patients Use in the Journey from Diagnosis to Acceptance and Disclosure
        • Bursts of High-frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS), Together with Lorazepam, Suppress Seizures in a Rat Kainate Status Epilepticus Model
        • Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Drug-resistant Epilepsy can Benefit from Epilepsy Surgery
        • Community-based Rehabilitation Offers Cost-effective Epilepsy Treatment in Rural Guinea-Bissau
        • Counseling by Epileptologists Affects Contraceptive Choices of Women with Epilepsy
        • Development and Use of the Art Therapy Seizure Assessment Sculpture on an Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
        • Diagnostic Accuracy of Audio-based Seizure Detection in Patients with Severe Epilepsy and an Intellectual Disability
        • Diazepam Buccal Film for the Treatment of Acute Seizures
        • Epidemiology of Neurocysticercosis and Epilepsy, is Everything Described?
        • Epilepsy Surgery in the Underserved Hispanic Population Improves Depression, Anxiety and Quality of Life
        • Epilepsy by the Numbers: Epilepsy Deaths by Age, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender in the United States Significantly Increased from 2005 to 2014
        • Experiences and Needs of Parents of Young Children with Active Epilepsy: A Population-Based Study
        • Folic Acid Use by Women with Epilepsy: Findings of the Epilepsy Birth Control Registry
        • Health Survey Data on Serious Psychological Distress Among Adults with Epilepsy in All Racial/Ethnic Groups
        • How do you exercise with epilepsy? Insights into the Barriers and Adaptations to Successfully Exercise with Epilepsy
        • How often is antiseizure drug-free ketogenic diet therapy achieved?
        • Ictal Bradyarrhythmias and Asystole Requiring Pacemaker Implantation
        • Immediate outcomes in early life epilepsy: A contemporary account
        • Improved Quality of Life and Cognition After Early Vagal Nerve Stimulator Implantation in Children
        • MINDSET: Clinical Feasibility of Utilizing the Revised Epilepsy Self-management Tool for Spanish Speaking Patients
        • Mortality in Dravet syndrome: A review
        • Most Antidepressant Drugs Are Safe for Patients with Epilepsy at Therapeutic Doses: A Review of the Evidence
        • Neurobehavioral Problems in Children with Early-onset Epilepsy: A Population-based Study
        • Parental Stress, Pediatric Quality of Life, and Behavior at Baseline and One-year Follow-up: Results from the FEBSTAT Study
        • Presurgical Depression and Anxiety Are Not Associated with Worse Epilepsy Surgery Outcome Five Years Postoperatively
        • Proceedings of the Epilepsy Foundation's 2017 Cannabinoids in Epilepsy Therapy Workshop
        • Psychiatric and Behavioral Side Effects of Antiepileptic Drugs in Adults with Epilepsy
        • Recurrent Catamenial Status Epilepticus: Is it Rare or an Under Recognized Phenomenon in Women with Epilepsy?
        • Seizure-related Variables are Predictive of Attention and Memory in Children with Epilepsy
        • Social Media in Epilepsy: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
        • The Co-Occurrence of Epilepsy and Autism: A Systematic Review
        • The Efficacy of an Educational Program for Parents of Children with Epilepsy (FAMOSES)
        • The Role of Executive Functioning in Quality of Life in Pediatric Intractable Epilepsy
        • Understanding the Self-management Skills of Persons with Epilepsy
        • Usage of EpiFinder Clinical Decision Support in the Assessment of Epilepsy
        • Utility of Long-term Video-EEG Monitoring for Children with Staring
        • Visual Field Defects Following Different Resective Procedures for Mesiotemporal Lobe Epilepsy
        • Vulnerabilities to Antiepileptic Drug (AED) Side Effects in Youth with Epilepsy
      • Epilepsy Foundation Editorials
        • Epilepsy Foundation Efforts to Reduce the Impact of Epilepsy-Related Comorbidities: We Can’t Wait
        • The Epilepsy Pipeline Conference: Accelerating Hope
        • The New Partnership Between Epilepsy & Behavior and the Epilepsy Foundation
        • Advancing Public Policy for Epilepsy: The Epilepsy Foundation’s Public Police Institute and Teens Speak Up! Programs
        • The Epilepsy Foundation Leads in the Rare Epilepsy Network PCORI Award
        • Epilepsy Matters!
        • Epilepsy Foundation “#DareTo” Campaign
        • Epilepsy Foundation Public Awareness Campaigns – 2001 through 2013
        • National Walk for Epilepsy
        • Epilepsy Matters: Response to the CDC Report on Death in Children with Epilepsy
        • Saluting our Leaders
        • The Epilepsy Foundation is the Voice of People with Epilepsy and Their Families
        • Stronger Together: The Epilepsy Therapy Project and Epilepsy Foundation decide to merge - Our personal stories and reflections
        • People with Epilepsy as Partners in Research
    • Keto News
      • GLUT1 Deficiency Syndrome and the Ketogenic Diet
      • What to Do When Your Child Grows Up and Still Needs the Diet?
      • Continuing to Combat the Fear of High Cholesterol
      • Fasting and Absence Epilepsy: Reassessing Both in 2013
      • 3rd International Ketogenic Diet Symposium Recap
      • The Road to the Ketogenic Diet
      • Welcome to Chicago! The 3rd International Ketogenic Diet Conference
      • High Fat and Curry? A Trip to Witness the Indianization of the Ketogenic Diet
      • Top 10 Ketogenic Diet-Related Articles from 2011
      • Dietary Treatments and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
      • What to Do When it’s Time to Stop?
      • Summer Reading on the Ketogenic Diet 2011
      • EEGs and the Ketogenic Diet
      • Diets and Adults: an Update for 2011
      • Top 10 Dietary Treatment Articles of 2010
      • Will My Child Get a Heart Attack?!? No! Long-term Use of the Diet is Safe!
      • New York Times Magazine Cover Story on Ketogenic Diet Therapy for Epilepsy
      • Excitement in Edinburgh: Report from the 2nd International Dietary Therapies Meeting
      • October in Edinburgh! Ketogenic Diets 2nd Biannual Conference
      • Infantile Spasms and the Diet: The Evidence Grows
      • The Ketogenic Diet Up North
      • American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting Recap
      • Top 10 Articles of 2009
      • 911: Using Ketogenic Diets for Emergencies
      • Can You "Fine-Tune" the Ketogenic Diet?
      • Side Effects on the Diet: Prevention, Not Just Treatment
      • The Ketogenic Diet in a Bottle?
      • Diet Therapy for Epilepsy in the Mideast
      • Why is this Night Different from All Other Nights? Mixing Ketogenic Diets and Passover
      • Is There a Right Way to Do the Diet? The Consensus Statement is Published!
      • Does Ketosis Matter? Discussion at the 2008 American Epilepsy Society
      • Top 10 Ketogenic Diet Articles for 2008
      • A Remembrance of Life on the Ketogenic Diet 60 Years Later!
      • Using the Diet for Epilepsy First?
      • Siblings and the Ketogenic Diet
      • Grace’s Magic Diet: A Child’s Story
      • Ketogenic Diets: Not Just for Epilepsy any Longer
      • Ketogenic Diet Centers in the United States
      • Newly-released Results from a Randomized and Controlled Study of the Ketogenic Diet in London
      • The First International Dietary Treatments for Epilepsy and other Neurologic Disorders Meeting Report
      • The Ketogenic Diet and Antiepileptic Drugs: A Good Mix?
      • Ketogenic Recipes for Easter and Passover
      • Let’s Meet! Exciting Past (and Future) Ketogenic Diet Conferences
      • Hearts, Flowers, and Almond Bread
      • Top 10 Ketogenic Diet Articles in the Medical Literature of 2007
      • Winter Holidays
      • Side Effects on the Ketogenic Diet: Identification and Treatment
      • A Happy Ketogenic Thanksgiving
      • Laboratory Notes on the Ketogenic Diet
      • Try It: They Might Like It!
      • The MCT Diet
      • A Mother's Plan for the Ketogenic Diet
      • Preparing Yourself, Your Family, and Your Child for the Ketogenic Diet
      • The Low Glycemic Index Treatment and the Ketogenic Diet
      • Modified Atkins Diet – More on the Plate than Ever
      • Do Ketogenic Diets Work for Adults with Epilepsy? Yes!
      • Ketogenic Diet Research
    • Basic Science of Epilepsy
    • PubMed Articles Feeds
    • Local Office Spotlight Archive
  • Get Social!
    • Raising Awareness About Epilepsy Surgery
    • Epilepsy and Family
    • #DareTo Go the Distance
    • #DareTo Be Seizure Smart
    • #DareTo Launch
  • 24/7 Helpline
    • Patient Assistance
      • Clinical Trial Patient Assistance Fund
    • National & Community Resources
    • Apply to join the Resource Database
  • Community Forums
  • Contact Us
  • Find an Epilepsy Specialist
    • Find an Epilepsy Center
    • Find a Doctor
  • Find a Clinical Trial
  • Epilepsy Foundation Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy

Connect

  • Seizure and Epilepsy News
    • Epilepsy & Behavior Journal
      • Select Journal Abstracts
        • 4th Biennial Epilepsy Pipeline Update Conference Recap
        • A Standardized Diagnostic Approach and Ongoing Feedback Improves Outcome in Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures
        • An Evaluation of the Impact of Memory and Mood on Antiepileptic Drug Adherence
        • Changes in Attitudes of US Adults toward People with Epilepsy
        • Changing the Approach to Treatment Choice in Epilepsy Using Big Data
        • Clinical and Economic Burden of Breakthrough Seizures
        • Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults with Epilepsy: Characterization and Risk Factor Analysis
        • Determinants of Felt Stigma in Epilepsy
        • Differential Impact of Contraceptive Methods on Seizures Varies by Antiepileptic Drug Category
        • Establishing an Adult Epilepsy Diet Center: Experience, Efficacy, and Challenges
        • Health Care Costs and Use Related to Long or Short Acting Seizure Medications (AEDs) when Used Alone
        • In Focus: The Everyday Lives of Families of Adult Individuals with Epilepsy
        • Long-term Seizure and Psychosocial Outcomes of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Intractable Epilepsy
        • Perspectives on Seizure Clusters: Gaps in Lexicon, Awareness, and Treatment
        • Predicting Drug Resistance in Adult Patients with Generalized Epilepsy: A Case Control Study
        • Self-control of Epileptic Seizures by Nonpharmacological Strategies
        • Severity of Self-reported Insomnia in Adults with Epilepsy is Related to Comorbid Medical Disorders and Depressive Symptoms
        • Should we stop saying “epileptic”? A Comparison of the Effect of the Terms “Epileptic” and “Person with Epilepsy”
        • Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in School-aged Children with Active Epilepsy
        • Temporal Lobe Epilepsy is a Predisposing Factor for Sleep Apnea: A Questionnaire Study in Video-EEG Monitoring Unit
        • Use of Antiepileptic Drugs During Pregnancy and Lactation: Type of information provided by searching Google
        • A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Manual-based Psychosocial Group Intervention for Young People with Epilepsy (PIE)
        • Addition of a Hospital Bedside Sitter During Intracranial Stereotactic EEG Monitoring Improves Safety and Seizure Responses in Adult Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
        • Addressing Barriers to Surgical Evaluation for Patients with Epilepsy
        • Association between antiepileptic drug dose and long-term response in patients with refractory epilepsy
        • Association of Sleep with Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
        • Becoming Comfortable with "My" Epilepsy: Strategies that Patients Use in the Journey from Diagnosis to Acceptance and Disclosure
        • Bursts of High-frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS), Together with Lorazepam, Suppress Seizures in a Rat Kainate Status Epilepticus Model
        • Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Drug-resistant Epilepsy can Benefit from Epilepsy Surgery
        • Community-based Rehabilitation Offers Cost-effective Epilepsy Treatment in Rural Guinea-Bissau
        • Counseling by Epileptologists Affects Contraceptive Choices of Women with Epilepsy
        • Development and Use of the Art Therapy Seizure Assessment Sculpture on an Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
        • Diagnostic Accuracy of Audio-based Seizure Detection in Patients with Severe Epilepsy and an Intellectual Disability
        • Diazepam Buccal Film for the Treatment of Acute Seizures
        • Epidemiology of Neurocysticercosis and Epilepsy, is Everything Described?
        • Epilepsy Surgery in the Underserved Hispanic Population Improves Depression, Anxiety and Quality of Life
        • Epilepsy by the Numbers: Epilepsy Deaths by Age, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender in the United States Significantly Increased from 2005 to 2014
        • Experiences and Needs of Parents of Young Children with Active Epilepsy: A Population-Based Study
        • Folic Acid Use by Women with Epilepsy: Findings of the Epilepsy Birth Control Registry
        • Health Survey Data on Serious Psychological Distress Among Adults with Epilepsy in All Racial/Ethnic Groups
        • How do you exercise with epilepsy? Insights into the Barriers and Adaptations to Successfully Exercise with Epilepsy
        • How often is antiseizure drug-free ketogenic diet therapy achieved?
        • Ictal Bradyarrhythmias and Asystole Requiring Pacemaker Implantation
        • Immediate outcomes in early life epilepsy: A contemporary account
        • Improved Quality of Life and Cognition After Early Vagal Nerve Stimulator Implantation in Children
        • MINDSET: Clinical Feasibility of Utilizing the Revised Epilepsy Self-management Tool for Spanish Speaking Patients
        • Mortality in Dravet syndrome: A review
        • Most Antidepressant Drugs Are Safe for Patients with Epilepsy at Therapeutic Doses: A Review of the Evidence
        • Neurobehavioral Problems in Children with Early-onset Epilepsy: A Population-based Study
        • Parental Stress, Pediatric Quality of Life, and Behavior at Baseline and One-year Follow-up: Results from the FEBSTAT Study
        • Presurgical Depression and Anxiety Are Not Associated with Worse Epilepsy Surgery Outcome Five Years Postoperatively
        • Proceedings of the Epilepsy Foundation's 2017 Cannabinoids in Epilepsy Therapy Workshop
        • Psychiatric and Behavioral Side Effects of Antiepileptic Drugs in Adults with Epilepsy
        • Recurrent Catamenial Status Epilepticus: Is it Rare or an Under Recognized Phenomenon in Women with Epilepsy?
        • Seizure-related Variables are Predictive of Attention and Memory in Children with Epilepsy
        • Social Media in Epilepsy: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
        • The Co-Occurrence of Epilepsy and Autism: A Systematic Review
        • The Efficacy of an Educational Program for Parents of Children with Epilepsy (FAMOSES)
        • The Role of Executive Functioning in Quality of Life in Pediatric Intractable Epilepsy
        • Understanding the Self-management Skills of Persons with Epilepsy
        • Usage of EpiFinder Clinical Decision Support in the Assessment of Epilepsy
        • Utility of Long-term Video-EEG Monitoring for Children with Staring
        • Visual Field Defects Following Different Resective Procedures for Mesiotemporal Lobe Epilepsy
        • Vulnerabilities to Antiepileptic Drug (AED) Side Effects in Youth with Epilepsy
      • Epilepsy Foundation Editorials
        • Epilepsy Foundation Efforts to Reduce the Impact of Epilepsy-Related Comorbidities: We Can’t Wait
        • The Epilepsy Pipeline Conference: Accelerating Hope
        • The New Partnership Between Epilepsy & Behavior and the Epilepsy Foundation
        • Advancing Public Policy for Epilepsy: The Epilepsy Foundation’s Public Police Institute and Teens Speak Up! Programs
        • The Epilepsy Foundation Leads in the Rare Epilepsy Network PCORI Award
        • Epilepsy Matters!
        • Epilepsy Foundation “#DareTo” Campaign
        • Epilepsy Foundation Public Awareness Campaigns – 2001 through 2013
        • National Walk for Epilepsy
        • Epilepsy Matters: Response to the CDC Report on Death in Children with Epilepsy
        • Saluting our Leaders
        • The Epilepsy Foundation is the Voice of People with Epilepsy and Their Families
        • Stronger Together: The Epilepsy Therapy Project and Epilepsy Foundation decide to merge - Our personal stories and reflections
        • People with Epilepsy as Partners in Research
    • Keto News
      • GLUT1 Deficiency Syndrome and the Ketogenic Diet
      • What to Do When Your Child Grows Up and Still Needs the Diet?
      • Continuing to Combat the Fear of High Cholesterol
      • Fasting and Absence Epilepsy: Reassessing Both in 2013
      • 3rd International Ketogenic Diet Symposium Recap
      • The Road to the Ketogenic Diet
      • Welcome to Chicago! The 3rd International Ketogenic Diet Conference
      • High Fat and Curry? A Trip to Witness the Indianization of the Ketogenic Diet
      • Top 10 Ketogenic Diet-Related Articles from 2011
      • Dietary Treatments and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
      • What to Do When it’s Time to Stop?
      • Summer Reading on the Ketogenic Diet 2011
      • EEGs and the Ketogenic Diet
      • Diets and Adults: an Update for 2011
      • Top 10 Dietary Treatment Articles of 2010
      • Will My Child Get a Heart Attack?!? No! Long-term Use of the Diet is Safe!
      • New York Times Magazine Cover Story on Ketogenic Diet Therapy for Epilepsy
      • Excitement in Edinburgh: Report from the 2nd International Dietary Therapies Meeting
      • October in Edinburgh! Ketogenic Diets 2nd Biannual Conference
      • Infantile Spasms and the Diet: The Evidence Grows
      • The Ketogenic Diet Up North
      • American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting Recap
      • Top 10 Articles of 2009
      • 911: Using Ketogenic Diets for Emergencies
      • Can You "Fine-Tune" the Ketogenic Diet?
      • Side Effects on the Diet: Prevention, Not Just Treatment
      • The Ketogenic Diet in a Bottle?
      • Diet Therapy for Epilepsy in the Mideast
      • Why is this Night Different from All Other Nights? Mixing Ketogenic Diets and Passover
      • Is There a Right Way to Do the Diet? The Consensus Statement is Published!
      • Does Ketosis Matter? Discussion at the 2008 American Epilepsy Society
      • Top 10 Ketogenic Diet Articles for 2008
      • A Remembrance of Life on the Ketogenic Diet 60 Years Later!
      • Using the Diet for Epilepsy First?
      • Siblings and the Ketogenic Diet
      • Grace’s Magic Diet: A Child’s Story
      • Ketogenic Diets: Not Just for Epilepsy any Longer
      • Ketogenic Diet Centers in the United States
      • Newly-released Results from a Randomized and Controlled Study of the Ketogenic Diet in London
      • The First International Dietary Treatments for Epilepsy and other Neurologic Disorders Meeting Report
      • The Ketogenic Diet and Antiepileptic Drugs: A Good Mix?
      • Ketogenic Recipes for Easter and Passover
      • Let’s Meet! Exciting Past (and Future) Ketogenic Diet Conferences
      • Hearts, Flowers, and Almond Bread
      • Top 10 Ketogenic Diet Articles in the Medical Literature of 2007
      • Winter Holidays
      • Side Effects on the Ketogenic Diet: Identification and Treatment
      • A Happy Ketogenic Thanksgiving
      • Laboratory Notes on the Ketogenic Diet
      • Try It: They Might Like It!
      • The MCT Diet
      • A Mother's Plan for the Ketogenic Diet
      • Preparing Yourself, Your Family, and Your Child for the Ketogenic Diet
      • The Low Glycemic Index Treatment and the Ketogenic Diet
      • Modified Atkins Diet – More on the Plate than Ever
      • Do Ketogenic Diets Work for Adults with Epilepsy? Yes!
      • Ketogenic Diet Research
    • Basic Science of Epilepsy
    • PubMed Articles Feeds
    • Local Office Spotlight Archive
  • Get Social!
    • Raising Awareness About Epilepsy Surgery
    • Epilepsy and Family
    • #DareTo Go the Distance
    • #DareTo Be Seizure Smart
    • #DareTo Launch
  • 24/7 Helpline
    • Patient Assistance
      • Clinical Trial Patient Assistance Fund
    • National & Community Resources
    • Apply to join the Resource Database
  • Community Forums
  • Contact Us
  • Find an Epilepsy Specialist
    • Find an Epilepsy Center
    • Find a Doctor
  • Find a Clinical Trial
  • Epilepsy Foundation Terms of Use
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  • Triggers of Seizures
  • Diagnosis
  • Treating Seizures and Epilepsy
  • Managing Your Epilepsy
  • Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy
  • Early Death and SUDEP
  • Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
  • Challenges with Epilepsy
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  • Healthy Living
  • Driving and Transportation
  • Independent Living
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