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Epilepsy
If you’re an epileptic, it’s generally recommended that you see your doctor before you become pregnant, so that you can discuss how best to control your epilepsy while you’re pregnant. It will also give you a chance to talk about how your epilepsy might affect your pregnancy and your baby. Will being pregnant affect my epilepsy? Pregnancy seems to affect…
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NEWS IN BRIEF: Frozen egg ban lifted Poverty as a baby linked to dementia Stay away from lambs Family-friendly finance? Frozen egg ban lifted The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has lifted the ban on using frozen eggs to try and get pregnant. In the past, women were able to have their eggs stored for…
Cartoon danger
23 February THE everyday activities of watching cartoons and having a bath have been found to cause seizures in susceptible children in two separate studies. The BBC reports that an Italian study discovered that children prone to photosensitive epilepsy nearly all had reactions due to flickering of the screen. The study followed problems in Japan…
Pregnancy register for epileptic women
21 June, 2000 A NEW Pregnancy Register has been set up to find out more about the effects of anti-epileptic drugs in pregnancy. Although 90 percent of epileptic women give birth to healthy babies, the anticonvulsant drugs that are prescribed for epilepsy are known to carry a slight risk of causing birth defects. The Pregnancy…
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Supplement may prevent water on the brain
5th December 2005 A dietary supplement taken during pregnancy could cut the risk of hydrocephalus, according to new research. The condition which is also known as water on the brain affects one child in every 500 live births in the UK and US and one in every 100 births in the developing world. It was thought this was…
Epilepsy drugs could harm unborn babies
13 June 2001 Women who suffer from epilepsy are often unaware of the harm their medication could cause to unborn babies, a new report suggests. A study published in the consumer organisation magazine Health Which? claims that epileptic pregnant women are often not given essential information about the potential risks involved. Normal doses of the…
