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Could inflammation and the blood-brain barrier help explain why some seizures remain uncontrolled? Prof. Colin Doherty shares emerging research into immune activity in epilepsy!
Could the immune system play a role in some treatment-resistant epilepsies? Prof. Colin Doherty discusses autoimmune epilepsies, early immunotherapy findings, and why epilepsy may involve more than abnormal electrical activity alone.
In part two, Dr. Ching Soong Khoo discusses practical clinical approaches to obesity in epilepsy, focusing on quality of life, exercise safety, diet, and multidisciplinary care.
Why is obesity so common in people with epilepsy, and why is it so often overlooked in clinical care? This episode explores prevalence data, physical activity, and the consequences of missing obesity in routine epilepsy management.
Prof. Nicola Specchio explores global challenges in caring for people with the epilepsies, from delayed diagnosis & inequitable access to the advances in precision medicine transforming outcomes.