I’ve been reviewing research related to seizure control and brain health for many years now through the lens of natural medicine. I still remember being in a consult with an epileptic patient with a very well-known neurologist to discuss natural methods to help control seizures. Despite this particular neurologist’s association with one of the top […]
I was at a marketing event this week and ended up having a conversation about a teenage girl who had epilepsy. Natural remedies for seizures came up in conversation. The seizures had begun about a year ago right around the time that her menstrual cycles started, and her seizures were tied to her menstrual cycles (the […]
Ever since it has been commercially available, formula manufacturers have made an attempt to equate formula with breast milk. Let me clarify that I understand that not every new mom will be able to nurse. However, many times the problem is not an unfixable problem. Rather, the new mom needs to be matched with a […]
There is no way that something as simple and uncomplicated as diet can manage the worst-case scenario of epileptic seizures. Not when we have so many powerful drugs to control seizures. This would seem to be the attitude of most neurologists because diet is usually the absolute last thing they would ever mention, and that […]
Seizures are very, very bad for the brain. Status epilepticus is the term for uncontrolled, unstoppable seizures. Very often, these patients end up in the emergency room pumped full of sedatives just to stop the seizures. The damage to the brain under status epilepticus is even worse than that which occurs with single seizures. Not […]
