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American Family Physician
July 1, 2001 |
What Should I Know About Seizures and Epilepsy? What is a seizure, and what is epilepsy?... What causes epilepsy?... Who gets epilepsy?... Are all seizures the same?... How does the doctor find out I have epilepsy?...   |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2002
Martha J. Morrell |
Epilepsy in Women Epilepsy in women raises special reproductive and general health concerns. Seizure frequency and severity may change at puberty, over the menstrual cycle, with pregnancy, and at menopause. |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2006 |
Febrile Seizures: What You Should Know A patient guide: What are febrile seizures?... Who gets febrile seizures and why?... How can my doctor tell if my child has had a febrile seizure?... What can I expect?... etc. |
Nursing
September 1, 2007
Mary Unruh Fagley |
Taking Charge of Seizure Activity Learn what happens during a seizure when the brain's electric signals go awry and how you can help someone plagued by the disturbing effects. |
American Family Physician
September 1, 2000
Gary N. McAbee & James E. Wark |
A Practical Approach to Uncomplicated Seizures in Children Uncomplicated seizures and epilepsy are common in infants and children. Not all uncomplicated childhood seizures require neuroimaging or treatment... |
American Family Physician
September 1, 2005
Alsaadi & Marquez |
Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures Often misdiagnosed and treated for epilepsy, these seizures are unique in that they do not have a neurologic origin. |
Nursing
January 2009
Ayers & Montgomery |
Putting a stop to dysfunctional uterine bleeding Learn how to search for the source of abnormal bleeding and help your patient get back on track. |
American Family Physician
July 1, 2001
Selim R. Benbadis |
Advances in the Treatment of Epilepsy Significant advances have been made in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy over the past decade... |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2003
Velez & Selwa |
Seizure Disorders in the Elderly Seizure disorders become increasingly common after the age of 60 years and can have a significant impact on functional status. The goal of antiepileptic drug therapy is to control seizures but preserve quality of life. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
November 1, 2013
Ben Comer |
Top Medical Innovations for 2014 At the conclusion of the Cleveland Clinic's Medical Innovations Summit each year, 10 innovative technologies are unveiled before the audience, and designated as new and revolutionary tools for the treatment of disease and disability. |
Chemistry World
November 30, 2006
Jessica Ebert |
Morning After Pill Might Prevent Breast Cancer The active ingredient of the morning-after pill -- mifepristone, or RU-486 -- prevents the formation of mammary-cell tumours in mice with a mutation in the breast cancer susceptibility gene, BRCA1, report scientists. |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2003
Dickerson et al. |
Premenstrual Syndrome Premenstrual syndrome, a common cyclic disorder of young and middle-aged women, is characterized by emotional and physical symptoms that consistently occur during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. |
Nurse Practitioner
August 2011
Michelle C. Thomas |
Treatment options for Dysfunctional uterine bleeding The diagnosis and treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding can be a long emotional journey for the patient and a difficult challenge for the provider. |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2006
James S. Millar |
Evaluation and Treatment of the Child with Febrile Seizure Up to 5% of children in North America and western Europe experience at least one episode of febrile seizure before six years of age. Most of these seizures are self-limited and patients do not require treatment. |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2000
Barbara S. Apgar & Grant Greenberg |
Using Progestins in Clinical Practice Progestational agents have many important functions, including regulation of the menstrual cycle, treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding, prevention of endometrial cancer and hyperplastic precursor lesions, and contraception... |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2010
Brian Orelli |
When the Disease Matters Most in Drug Approval Glaxo's and Valeant's Potiga will go before an FDA advisory committee tomorrow. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2009
Virginia Hughes |
A New Approach to Predicting Epileptic Seizures Torrents of data produced by implanted microelectrodes could finally yield a prediction system |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2011
Frank Vinluan |
GSK Epilepsy Drug Approved by FDA GlaxoSmithKline and drug partner Valeant Pharmaceuticals have received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval on a new epilepsy drug, but it must be classified as a controlled substance. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2005
Samuel K. Moore |
Zapping Away The Blues Cyberonics Inc. plans to introduce the first implanted device that can treat a psychiatric illness. |
Salon.com
July 10, 2002
Trisha Posner |
Death by hormones It's been more than 50 years since studies first sounded the alarm about hormone replacement therapy. Women, silenced by shame, have been guinea pigs of the pharmaceutical industry for too long. |
Health
August 24, 2009
Catherine Guthrie |
The Latest on Hormone Therapy for Women It's not often that a middle-aged former sitcom star is at the center of an important health debate. But Suzanne Somers's hormone therapy -- has put her in the limelight. |
