Zija's Uncle Russ

Abbott Laboratories has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.5 billion over allegations that it promoted the anti-seizure drug Depakote for uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Abbott Labs to Pay $1.5B over Depakote

It’s a lack of wholesome nutrient intake in food and beverage as well as lack of fat or oil intake.

~ Uncle Russ

As the population ages, neurologists will be challenged by a growing population of patients with stroke, dementia, Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy.

More patients will suffer stroke, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy: neurologists

(AP) — Government officials are investigating an apparent increase in fever-related seizures in young children after they got a flu shot.

Feds checking post-vaccine seizures in young kids

Most people know how hard it can be to stick to a diet. But for children with epilepsy, maintaining a restrictive high-fat, low-carbohydrate regimen known as the ketogenic diet is far more difficult than any weight-loss plan. Someday, however, they may be able to control seizures with a simple supplement instead, if a new finding in mice holds up in humans.

A Supplement to Stop Seizures

I told you so!  Real fat and oils are GOOD, in moderation, sugars and refined carbohydrates are BAD.

~ Uncle Russ

Once every three or four months my son, Sam, grabs a cookie or a piece of candy and, wide-eyed, holds it inches from his mouth, ready to devour it. He knows he’s not allowed to eat these things, but like any 9-year-old, he hopes that somehow, this once, my wife, Evelyn, or I will make an exception.

Epilepsy’s Big, Fat Miracle

Energy-drink seizure concerns Health Canada

(NaturalNews) Popular anti-seizure drugs may seriously increase a patient’s risk of suicide and violent death, according to a study conducted by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Anticonvulsant drug makes people want to kill themselves

More Big Pharma Fraud.

~ Uncle Russ

(Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s anti-seizure drug Lamictal can cause a brain inflammation known as aseptic meningitis, U.S. health regulators said on Thursday.

Glaxo’s anti-seizure drug may cause meningitis: FDA

For many hundreds of years, people in Eastern Europe have treated epileptic seizures with the quick administration of shoe smell. This smell (and specifically this smell) has the power to arrest the seizure, or so says the folk wisdom.

Smelly Feet And The Fireworks In Your Brain

Eat plants, live longer.  GOT ZIJA?!

~ Uncle Russ

ScienceDaily (Mar. 1, 2010) — A study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute (UCNI) at University Hospital supports the use of an alternative medication to prevent seizures in patients who have suffered a life-threatening traumatic brain injury or bleeding stroke.

University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center. “Study Supports Alternative Anti-Seizure Medication Following Acute Brain Injury.” ScienceDaily 1 March 2010

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Study Supports Alternative Anti-Seizure Medication Following Acute Brain Injury

Saturated fats from natural sources do not make you gain weight.  Avoid chemically altered fat and oils that are partially or fully hydrogenated, fractionated, emulsified, stabilized, preserved, colored, flavored, etc.

~ Uncle Russ

ScienceDaily (Feb. 17, 2010) — Current and former patients treated with the high-fat ketogenic diet to control multiple, daily and severe seizures can be reassured by the news that not only is the diet effective, but it also appears to have no long-lasting side effects, say scientists at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. “High-Fat Ketogenic Diet to Control Seizures Is Safe Over Long Term, Study Suggests.” ScienceDaily 17 February 2010.

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High-Fat Ketogenic Diet to Control Seizures Is Safe Over Long Term, Study Suggests