A nine-year-old Ontario girl has become the first child in Canada to undergo deep brain stimulation for epilepsy after years of having up to 150 seizures a day.
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Epilepsy double the national average in First Nations population: study
A new study suggests that the incidence of epilepsy among First Nations people is twice that of the non-Indigenous population.
2 lots of the epilepsy drug Primidone recalled over lead levels
AA Pharma Inc. is voluntarily recalling two lots of Primidone tablets, Health Canada says.
Cannabis extract dramatically cuts seizures in rare fatal form of child epilepsy – study
Non-psychoactive cannabis extract cannabidiol (CBD) dramatically reduces the number of convulsive seizures affecting children with a rare and sometimes fatal form of epilepsy known as Dravet syndrome, a study shows. The extremely debilitating condition renders sufferers unconscious for the duration of seizures and stiffens the muscles which jerk uncontrollably. Those afflicted can have multiple episodes […]
Medicinal use for marijuana confirmed: CBD helps kids with rare epilepsy
Enlarge / Medical marijuana growing in a facility in Canada. (credit: Getty | Richard Lautens) In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial—the gold-standard design—a component of marijuana called cannabidiol (CBD) reduced seizures in children with a rare and devastating form of epilepsy. The results, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, provide the first […]
Cannabidiol reduces seizures in kids with severe form of epilepsy, trial shows
A compound found in cannabis reduced convulsive seizures in children with a severe form of epilepsy by nearly half, a new study shows, validating the anecdotal evidence some parents have been pointing out for some time. CBC | Health News
‘Debt collectors’ beat up 11yo Russian boy with epilepsy for his mother’s non-existent loan
Three men in Yekaterinburg have allegedly attempted to beat a debt out of an 11-year-old boy with epilepsy, accusing his mother of not paying back a loan at a bank that she did not take. The woman says her son might have been harassed for her sister’s debt. Read more Moreover, Irina told Russian media […]
Researchers studying usage, safety of cannabis oil for children with epilepsy
The lead researchers of a cannabidiol study joined CBC Radio’s Afternoon Edition to discuss the study and what they know so far, regarding usage and safety. CBC | Health News
