Epilepsy Sparks Insights

Sparking interest and understanding in the epilepsies whilst bridging the communication gap between epilepsy patients, clinicians, scientists, geneticists – and the world. Hosted by Torie Robinson. **NOT FOR CLINICAL OR PATIENT DECISION-MAKING* Visit www.torierobinson.com & www.epilepsysparks.com.

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Episodes

Thursday Apr 13, 2023

Epileptic seizures can look or sound like a mental illness such as anxiety - learn from clinical neuropsychologist and academic Vaughan Bell of UCL, UK, who explains why we need to improve the understanding of the epilepsies among psychologists in general. This is part 2 of 2.
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Thursday Apr 06, 2023

Clinical neuropsychologist and academic Vaughan Bell of UCL, UK, explains why we need to improve the understanding of the epilepsies among psychologists in general. This is part 1 of 2.
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Thursday Mar 30, 2023

Hear about research into the correlation between epilepsy and sleep disorders, with a focus on bruxism (teeth grinding) - with Samson Khachatryan. This is part 2 of 2.
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Thursday Mar 23, 2023

Learn of how politics and war impact populations affected by epilepsy in Armenia - with Samson Khachatryan. This is part 1 of 2.
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Thursday Mar 16, 2023

Peadiatric epileptologist Maša Malenica speaks of her incredible (& replicable!) epilepsy project that empowers patients, families, clinicians, & schools.
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#MašaMalenica #epilepsyeducation #purpleday #croatia

Thursday Mar 09, 2023

What Infantile Epilepsy Syndromes are, potential disease-modifying treatments, steroids, and research - all fabulously explained by epileptologist & neuroscientist Stéphane Auvin!
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Thursday Mar 02, 2023

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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Thursday Feb 23, 2023

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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Thursday Feb 16, 2023

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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Thursday Feb 09, 2023

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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https://www.torierobinson.com/epilepsy-sparks-insights/oliver-henning-sex-epilepsy-02 
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