Finally, some decent quality research into cannabis and epilepsy. A paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine discusses the use of cannabis to control epileptic seizures. This research showed a reduction in the frequency of convulsive seizures in kids suffering from Dravet syndrome. This was a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled study. This design…
Neurocysticercosis: Tapeworm in the Brain Did you know that you can get tapeworm in the brain? It goes by the name of neurocysticercosis. The pork tapeworm, the Taenia solium parasite, causes neurocysticercosis. Consequently, be sure to cook pork properly. Neurocysticercosis is a very serious disease that kills about 10% of the patients who develop the…
Dissociative Seizures We have been seeing an increasing number of patients with dissociative seizures at Ormond Neuroscience. Alternatively, perhaps I am more aware of dissociative seizures, so I notice it more easily. Curious about the epidemiology, I investigated. Amazing figures when one investigates the epidemiology. Refractory epilepsy is epilepsy that is resistant to drug treatment.…
