EWCT brings you the latest news on epilepsy-related articles from around the web.
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Epilepsy Articles – April 2018
EWCT brings you the latest news on epilepsy-related articles from around the web. The ketogenic diet (KD) appears to be just as effective as corpus callosotomy (CC) and vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) in reducing seizures and improving behavior and quality of life in children with drug-resistant epilepsy, new research shows. – https://www.medscape.com Stress reduction techniques appear to reduce seizure frequency in patients with medication-resistant epilepsy, new
Read More »Epilepsy Articles – March 2018
EWCT brings you the latest news on epilepsy-related articles from around the web. The Link Between Stress and Epilepsy “It is widely accepted that we live in a stressful society. The pressures of financial survival, work, travel in crowded cities and meeting our responsibilities are just some of the stresses that everyone experiences in their daily life. For people with epilepsy there may be additional
Read More »Epilepsy Articles – February 2018
EWCT brings you the latest news on epilepsy-related articles from around the web. “The stress of a serious illness, chronic health condition or disability in a child often causes problems in a family, particularly if each parent or adult caregiver attempts to deal with his or her own fears and frustrations related to the chronic health condition or disability alone and without support. In some
Read More »Our Epilepsy Books off to World Book Fair
EWCT has produced two children’s epilepsy books, “Ben’s Buddies” and “Ariana and Jack” which have been chosen to go to this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair (3-6 April) in Italy. This occasion is considered to be the leading professional event dedicated to children’s publishing in the world and EWCT is excited that our epilepsy books will be representing New Zealand and, more importantly, all children
Read More »Seizure Monitor – Embrace Smart Watch
Embrace is the first medical-quality wearable to help measure stress, epileptic seizures, activity and sleep. As well as identifying seizures it also has a feature to notify parents and caregivers when a seizure occurs. ” When people that have Epilepsy wear Embrace, they will get an alert when an unusual event happens, like a convulsive seizure. It will go via their smartphone to parents, roommates
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