Archive for the 'Epilepsy/Seizures' Category
Safety of energy drinks
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012Bath salts becoming illegal
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012This has nothing to do with taking a bath.
Researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine, in Gainesville, tell us, “The abuse of psychoactive “bath salts” (PABS) has become commonplace, and patients with PABS overdoses are presenting to emergency departments with increasing frequency. (more…)
Effect of proton pump inhibitors on magnesium
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011FDA advises that prescription proton pump inhibitor drugs may cause low magnesium blood levels (hypomagnesemia) if taken, in most cases, longer than one year.
Proton pump inhibitors reduce the amount of acid in the stomach and treat conditions such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), peptic ulcers, and inflammation of the esophagus. (more…)
Consumer Alert: Rising Sun Health
Thursday, October 14th, 2010The FDA is taking action to prevent Rising Sun Health and The Center for Complimentary and Alternative Health of Livingston, Montana, from manufacturing and selling unapproved new drugs and adulterated or misbranded dietary supplements in violation of the law.
Rising Sun manufactured and distributed a variety of unapproved new drugs under names such as Black Salve, Cancema, and Can-Support. (more…)
The professor’s view of CAM and epilepsy
Monday, September 27th, 2010Treating infantile spasms with the ketogenic diet
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Infantile spasm (West Syndrome) is a specific type of seizure in infants and early childhood. The ketogenic diet is a high fat, adequate protein, low carbohydrate diet.
Researchers from the John M. Freeman Pediatric Epilepsy Center at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes in Baltimore, Maryland — the leader in this form of treatment in infants — report their experience over 12 years. (more…)
EEG biofeedback in treating epilepsy
Sunday, October 4th, 2009Psychological methods to treat epilepsy
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009More tainted weight loss products
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009Consumer Alert: More tainted weight loss products
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Some of the weight loss products listed below claim to be “natural†or to contain only “herbal†ingredients.
The FDA found they actually contain potentially harmful ingredients not listed on the product labels or in promotional advertisements. (more…)
Lack of support for acupuncture in epilepsy
Monday, October 13th, 2008Arsenic toxicity from Ayurvedic
Sunday, June 29th, 2008The flow and ebb of tobacco over 7 centuries
Thursday, June 19th, 2008First annual Yoga Week
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008Ketogenic diet improves drug-resistant epilepsy
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008The need for vitamin D in people with epilepsy
Friday, March 28th, 2008 During the First North American Regional Epilepsy Congress, researchers from the University of Texas reported that men with epilepsy who take enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have lower levels of vitamin D and calcium, plus higher parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels.
The AEDs involved included the following.
ACT and yoga for drug-refractory epilepsy
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 In patients with epilepsy that does not respond to drug therapy, researchers from the University of Uppsala in Sweden reported, “Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and yoga decrease seizure index and increase quality of life.” (more…)