Epilepsy in Our Lives: Women Living with Epilepsy (The Brainstroms Series)
monochrom (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Raymond Tallis applies his mind to his mind. My experience with neurological patients has underlined what ordinary life tells us: that a brain in some working order is a necessary condition for human consciousness. Unlike mind-brain identity theorists, however, I do not believe that consciousness is identical with neural activity in the cerebral cortex, the brain stem, the thalamus or wherever. This...
Thrive (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Here’s a quick look at what Thrive was up to last week. A son tells his story of how he got to know his father because of advances in epilepsy medication. More and more teens are infected with STDs. Uninsured trauma victims are more likely to die of their injuries. Is there a rise of violence [...] Related posts: This week on Thrive: Nov. 9 – 13 This week on Thrive: Nov. 2 – 6 This...
WorkAtHome (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
At Work in Washington, at Home in Manny's DeliNew York TimesHis children, who “paid a great price for my career,” are in solid shape, including a daughter who has epilepsy and lives at the Misericordia home for the …
David Thompson (Free subscription) | yesterday
Speaking of the Arts Council and its casual arrogance, Karen steers our attention to this little nugget: A dance artist with epilepsy is to try to induce a seizure on stage. Rita Marcalo has stopped taking her medication ahead of...
Wheelchair Dancer (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The LA Times Blog asks whether this is art: In the U.K. next month, a dance artist who has epilepsy will attempt to induce a seizure on stage. Rita Marcalo has stopped taking her medication ahead of the event at the Bradford Playhouse, according to the BBC News . "If she has a seizure, an alarm will sound and the audience will be invited to film on their mobile phones," said the report. And...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Head of the Nigerian government medical team to the 2009 pilgrimage, Ibrahim Kana, has confirmed that 11 Nigerian pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Thursday. He said two of the deceased were knocked down by vehicles in Mecca and Medina, while two died of diarrhea and vomiting, one of epilepsy, another of pneumonia and the rest of natural causes. Kana said northern...
The Known Causes of Seizures (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
JOHN was probably having a complex partial seizure at the time of the incident, said Dr Nigel Tan, senior consultant neurologist at the National Neuroscience Institute. "Not every seizure involves a jerking of all four limbs with the person falling to the ground," he told The New Paper. One of the key features of temporal lobe epilepsy, which John was diagnosed with, is that the sufferer...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
An epilepsy charity says it is "very concerned" about a dance artist who is planning to induce a seizure on stage. Rita Marcalo has stopped taking her epilepsy medication before her show in Bradford next month. Marcalo, who is the artistic director of the Instant Dissidence dance theatre in Leeds, said: "Epilepsy is an invisible disability. I want to raise awareness of it." The...
Slog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
So Rita (Marcalo, a British modern dancer) is going to stop taking her meds and try to have a seizure onstage. The project is called "Involuntary Dances" and some British epilepsy-advocacy groups are pissed, saying the stunt/dance/whatever trivializes the condition. I'm only surprised choreographers haven't stepped up to argue that dubbing a seizure "dance" trivializes the art...
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
In the U.K. next month, a dance artist who has epilepsy will attempt to induce a seizure on stage. Rita Marcalo has stopped taking her medication ahead of the event at the Bradford Playhouse, according to the BBC News. "If...
Booster Shots (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Researchers at Stanford University have found that women with multiple sclerosis or epilepsy have only a slightly higher risk of abnormal fetal growth and C-section delivery compared with women without the conditions. Let's repeat, only a slightly higher risk. Nor...
Entertainment and Showbiz! (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Researchers at the University of Missouri have developed a pupil response test that is 92.5 percent accurate in separating children with autism from those with typical development. In the study, researchers found that children with autism had slower pupil responses to light change. “No comprehensive study has been conducted previously to evaluate the pupils’ responses to light [...] Related...
Musing Minds (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Yesterday it was The Little Guy’s 9th birthday – today it’s The Big Girl’s 19th birthday. Her Golden birthday (19 on the 19th). My princess has special needs. She has epilepsy and a developmental delay and a moderate hearing impairment. A few years ago she was also diagnosed with lupus. She’s still in ‘high school’ learning [...]
People Daily (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Head of the Nigerian government medical team to the 2009 pilgrimage, Ibrahim Kana, has confirmed that 11 Nigerian pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Thursday. He said two of the deceased were knocked down by vehicles in Mecca and Medina, while two died of diarrhea and vomiting, one of epilepsy, another of pneumonia and the rest of natural causes. Kana said northern...
monochrom (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
A dance artist with epilepsy is to try to induce a seizure on stage - but has been urged to reconsider by a charity. Rita Marcalo has stopped taking her medication ahead of the event at The Bradford Playhouse, which the audience will be invited to film. Arts Council England, which is funding the performance, said it aimed to raise awareness about the condition. But the Epilepsy Action charity expressed...
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