Political Punch (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Do you remember last year when Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., donated a doodle for an auction to benefit The Neurofibromatosis Association and epilepsy research? The doodle, of some of his Senate colleagues, sold for more than $2,000 on eBay. Now...
The Lottery Players Advantage (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Nothing to do with lottery here, but as a lot of you will know, I recently took part in a five country cycle challenge for epilepsy action. We cyclced through 5 countries covering 535 miles in just three days it was massive fun, and I thought I would do a 3 day blog o n [...]
JFActivist (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
...Leonardo Da Vinci, creator of the famous Mona Lisa painting had epilepsy'...Baseball hand signals used by umpires to signify balls, strikes, out and safe originate from Outfielder William Hoy's request that they use sign language because he was deaf and...
the talk of the town (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
European sites in particular are increasingly including moving visuals on there sites. Other big sites are doing it too and it can be very off putting and distracting. It might also have an impact on people with things like epilepsy. I am avoiding sites with jumping, flashing and generally irritating jumpy visuals because you can neither read nor concentrate. Your eyes are readjusting, the flashing...
1UP (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Wipeout HD had some issues preparing for launch, like the delay due to epilepsy concerns. Now that the game is out, it has one more obstacle to overcome: reports have come in that it's been locking up for some players. An article on VideoGaming247 cites a PS3 developer source confirming that the problem is not a software bug and it relates to the PSN friends list. Indications are that the issue crops...
Circle of 13 (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
The medicinal properties of Mozart continue to stun scientists. Listening to his works has been linked to reduced stress, improved learning, and pain relief. Now a University of Illinois study has found that a child with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy, had fewer seizures while exposed to Mozart's Sonata in DMajor for 10minutes every hour, The Independent reported. Another study at...
Busy Gamer News (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
PS3 owners, here's what's new on the PlayStation Store this week: Wipeout HD ($20), complete with unusally long epilepsy warning Burnout Paradise ($30) Geon Emotions ($10) MegaMan 9 ($10) Buzz! QuizTV Question Packs ($6-8 each) National Geographic: Safari, Sci-Fi and...
NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
(Sep. 25, 2008) — Neuroscientists at Children's Hospital Boston have identified the first known "master switch" in brain cells to orchestrate the formation and maintenance of inhibitory synapses, essential for proper brain function. The factor, called Npas4, regulates more than 200 genes that act in various ways to calm down over-excited cells, restoring a balance that is thought to go askew in
MindBlog (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
A fascinating observation from Gelbard-Sagiv et al. , who studied patients with pharmacologically intractable epilepsy with implanted depth electrodes to localize the focus of seizure onset. Benedict Carey discusses the work . Here is the original abstract: The emergence of memory, a trace of things past, into human consciousness is one of the greatest mysteries of the human mind. Whereas the neuronal...
Destructoid (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
This week Sony is really bringing on the quality PSN games. My credit card will shortly be carrying the burden of my hot desire for the highly touted Mega Man 9 ($9.99) as well as the no-longer-seizure-inducing Wipeout HD ($19.99). As for full games, Burnout Paradise ($29.99) is out in downloadable form. I’m amazed at the amount of content Criterion has pushed out with no cost to the consumer. If you...
1UP (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Wipeout HD may have passed epilepsy tests , but the effects are still there. CVG is reporting that upon boot, gamers are greeted with the following health warning "Always play in a well lit environment. Take regular breaks, 15 minutes every hour. Discontinue playing if you experience dizziness, nausea, fatigue or have a headache. "Some individuals are sensitive to flashing or flickering lights or...
QJ.NET (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
WipEout HD is out today, but if you are subject to epileptic attacks, better not to get a copy. Looks like the game failed to pass epilepsy tests. In fact, it failed so badly that the game had to be re-engineered, and the final product had to come with a very serious health warning. The health warning reads as follows: Always play in a well lit environment. Take regular breaks, 15 minutes every hour....
Computer And Video Games (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Consult the doc before playing games "if you have an epileptic condition" reads health warning on start-up. After we revealed the reason behind the WipEout HD delay was that it failed "the epilepsy tests so much that it has to be re-engineered" and Sony's eventual response that it takes "consumer safety very seriously", the game is finally upon us. Click here to read the full article
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. - Sepracor Inc. (Nasdaq: SEPR) announced that positive data from three Phase III studies presented today at
Diary of a wordsmith (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
I may be about to land a book-writing contract. {jumps up and down and makes funny whoop-whoop noises} A lovely hack colleague of mine suggested me to her publisher last week as a potential author for a practical handbook on living with epilepsy. I quickly fired off some emails - one to the publisher to establish initial contact, one to a hack pal who is also a published author and very generous in...
