Epilepsy Sparks Insights

How Do We Make Medicines Taken In Pregnancy, Safe? - Rebecca Bromley

Peadiatric neuropsychiatrist & researcher Rebecca Bromley talks about the needs of families regarding positive research and international collaborations in regards to epilepsy medicine safety, aka pharmacovigilance.
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I Have Epilepsy...Will I Get Dementia? - Alice Lam (Pt 2 of 2)

Hear about common fears of dementia, other causes for dementia "symptoms", how to minimise dementia risk, and more! From adult neurologist & neuroscientist of MGH & Harvard Medical School, Alice Lam. This is part 2 of 2.
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What’s The Link Between Epilepsy & Dementia? - Alice Lam (Pt 1 of 2)

Alice Lam: Lam Lab, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, US 
Alice explains the bidirectional relationship between epilepsy and Alzheimer’s Disease. This is part 1 of 2. 
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Improving The Sex Life of Someone With An Epilepsy - Oliver Henning

Oliver and Torie speak of ways to speak about and improve the sex lives of people with an epilepsy (should they need it) - from both the clinician and patient perspectives.
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Sex and Epilepsy - Oliver Henning

In anticipation of Valentine's Day(!), epileptologist & psychiatrist Oliver Henning speaks about the common sexual challenges amongst some people with an epilepsy. Last time we checked, the majority of people with epilepsy were, on paper, sexual creatures, but, indeed, many can struggle with their sex lives - at times - a little more than those without epilepsy. Learn more through an open chat with Oliver. This is part 1 of 2.
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Managing Transition from Paediatric to Adult Care - Abril Marone

Adult neurologist Abril Marone speaks of her sensitivity in managing the patient experience from paediatric to adult care, plus speaks of how important it is for patients to be able to speak about sensitive, personal concerns; such as sexuality.
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Using Frog Eggs To Research Epilepsy?! - Valentina Galassi Deforie

Valentina Galassi Deforie, a final year Ph.D. student of the UCL Neurogenetics Lab, speaks of using frog eggs to research the epilepsies and some new mutations discovered - e.g. those of the KCNA6 and NARS1 genes!
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ICTALGroup: Improving Status Epilepticus Outcomes - Stéphane Legriel #02

Stéphane Legriel tells us about the ICTALGroup - an organisation formed of neurologists around France who share knowledge to improve the care of people experiencing status epilepticus.
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What Is Status Epilepticus? - Stéphane Legriel #01

We hear from Stéphane Legriel: a Critical Care/ICU physician with a passion for helping people with experiencing status epilepticus - an ongoing, very dangerous, epileptic seizure. Stéphane tells us all about different types of status epilepticus and emergency care for people who experience it.
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Challenging Racial Disparities in Epilepsy Care...plus, Brain Art! - M. Scott Perry #02

Scott Perry tells us about identifying and challenging racial disparities in epilepsy care, followed by a chat about brain art - an important method of communication when it comes to epilepsy, neuroscience, and more! This is part 2 of 2 with Scott.
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Book mentioned: "The Maths of Life & Death" - Kit Yates: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Maths-Life-Death-Kit-Yates/dp/1787475425
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Artists mentioned 🎨
Dana Simmons: https://www.dana-simmons.com
John Bramblitt: https://bramblitt.com
Stephanie Gowdy: Alyrical.com
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