Health In Brief: Should moms use drugs to control seizures?
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The drugs that control epilepsy may pose a risk to a fetus if a woman takes them while pregnant.
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NEW YORK  - Children born to mothers with  epilepsy who took the anti-seizure medication valproate during  pregnancy have an increased risk of developmental delay and  cognitive impairment, according to results of a new study.
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MONDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Parents are largely unaware of their children's alcohol and drug use, new research says.
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NEW YORK  - Women who take multivitamins before and during pregnancy apparently reduce the chances that their offspring will develop certain types of childhood tumors, researchers report.
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TUESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDayNews) -- Many oncologists who treat patients with brain tumors are prescribing anti-seizure medications too often while not using antidepressants and chemotherapy enough, researchers report.
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Pregnant women who eat a Mediterranean diet may help protect their babies from asthma and other allergies.
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Pregnant women suffering from epilepsy  need to better informed about the risks of birth defects from  treatments used to control their seizures, researchers said on  Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with the anti-seizure drug gabapentin may improve the irritability seen in certain children with neurologic impairments, researchers report in the journal Pediatrics.
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Women who take combination AIDS drugs not only have benefits for their own health but also may pass along high levels of the medication through breast-feeding, potentially protecting their infants from HIV infection, suggests research being presented at
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Cardiac pacemakers could help reduce the high incidence of sudden death among those with epilepsy, a British study indicates. Four of 20 patients monitored
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Science & environment: Earthquake-prediction techniques could help to forecast epileptic seizures, according to research
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When children suffer life-threatening seizures, doctors have minutes to decide which of two drugs to use to try to save them &#151; with no good research on which works better.
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Traditional drugs have done little to help Angel Raich, 39. Beset by a nightmarish list of ailments that includes tumors in her brain and uterus, seizures, spasms and nausea, she has been able to find comfort
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Pregnant women with diabetes tend to have overly large babies, which isn't good for either party. An Israeli team has now shown that the problem can be avoided if mothers strictly control their blood sugar levels during pregnancy.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- The epilepsy drug sodium valproate has been linked to children born with developmental delays and lower IQs, says research published in the current issue of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
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Traditional drugs have done little to help 39-year-old Angel Raich. Beset by ailments that include tumors in her brain, seizures, spasms and nausea, she has been able to find comfort only in the marijuana that is recommended by her doctor.
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NEW YORK - Can Prozac help you kick cocaine? Can Ritalin? How about a blood pressure pill or medicine for muscle spasms? If you're an alcoholic, could you get help staying sober by taking an anti-nausea drug used by cancer patients?    Scientists are exploring those questions right now. In fact, in the field of addiction medicine, one of the hottest sources of new drugs is .....