Epilepsy is surprisingly common and affects an enormous number of people, often with extremely debilitating effects on their lifestyle and helth. In the last few years there has emerged growing evidence that complementary and alternative treatments can play an important part in improving the quality of life for many sufferers.
The book also provides an important background for physicians, fellows, and students, offering insight into the potential for advances in epilepsy research as well as R&D drug development.
In Epilepsy Across the Spectrum, the IOM makes recommendations ranging from the expansion of collaborative epilepsy surveillance efforts, to the coordination of public awareness efforts, to the engagement of people with epilepsy and their ...
This volume, Epilepsy in Our Words, features 68 personal accounts of seizure activity from people with epilepsy that illustrates the wide range of experiences associated with seizures and living with epilepsy.
Substantiated with case examples, this useful book provides a much-needed window into epilepsy so that patients can achieve the full life they deserve.
Discusses types of epilepsy, causes, living with epilepsy, controlling seizures, current research, and more.
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Filled with helpful tables and illustrations, this guide will answer commonly asked questions about epilepsy, explain how it is diagnosed and treated both with medications and other treatment options.
In this new edition, completely revised and updated, a team of experts from Johns Hopkins Medicine offers guidance on: • diagnostic testing and the latest treatments • recommendations for the best devices, apps, and websites • driving ...
This volume, Epilepsy in our View, presents accounts of seizures from the perspective of family, friends, co-workers, care-givers, and physicians of people with epilepsy.
This second edition of Seizures and Epilepsy, written almost a quarter of a century after the ground-breaking first edition, is more than an update: it is a complete revision due to tremendous advances in the field.