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Date September 27, 2014 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Seizure Disorders, Vaccines
Confirming the results of prior studies, research conducted by the University of Calgary and published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal has found that the combination MMR-chickenpox vaccine doubles the risk of febrile seizures in young children. Combination vaccine doubles risk of seizures
Read MoreDate July 3, 2012 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Drugs and Drug Companies, Seizure Disorders
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
Read MoreDate April 9, 2011 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Alzheimer's, Cardiovascular Health, Seizure Disorders
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
Read MoreDate February 25, 2011 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Baby/Children/Teen Health, Flu, Seizure Disorders, Vaccines
U.S. government officials are investigating an apparent increase in fever-related seizures in young children after they got a flu shot. More kids’ seizures reported after flu shots: FDA
Read MoreDate February 23, 2011 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Baby/Children/Teen Health, Seizure Disorders, Vaccines
(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
Read MoreDate January 27, 2011 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Nutrition Supplementation, Seizure Disorders
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 […]
Read MoreDate December 16, 2010 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Seizure Disorders
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 […]
Read MoreDate October 23, 2010 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Beverages, Seizure Disorders
Health Canada is encouraging people to tell them about suspected adverse reactions to energy drinks and other natural health products following a report of a student who suffered a seizure. Energy-drink seizure concerns Health Canada
Read MoreDate September 9, 2010 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Drugs and Drug Companies, Seizure Disorders
(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
Read MoreDate August 19, 2010 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Drugs and Drug Companies, Other Human Health Conditions, Seizure Disorders
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
Read MoreDate July 4, 2010 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Brain/Mental Health, Seizure Disorders
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
Read MoreDate February 28, 2010 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Brain/Mental Health, Seizure Disorders, Treatments, Therapy, Recovery, Health Care
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 […]
Read MoreDate February 17, 2010 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Diet, Fats, Seizure Disorders
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 […]
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