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How may medical ketogenic therapy reduce anxiety, depression, and improve cognition? What might the effects be on cholesterol levels? What about support for those on the diet? Hear more from Dr. Manny Bagary.
How can ketones affect the brain in epilepsy? Dr. Manny Bagary explores the science behind medical ketogenic therapy, including brain excitability, neurotransmitters, mitochondria, inflammation, cognition and status epilepticus.
Exploring the complexities and benefits of ketogenic therapy for epilepsy, addressing misconceptions, patient selection, mechanisms of action, safety concerns, and the importance of multidisciplinary care - with Dr. Neha Kaul.
Exploring how epilepsy care goes beyond seizures, with a focus on mood, cognition, and the real-life priorities that shape quality of life, with Epilepsy Nurse Practicioner, Dr. Lucretia Long.
Evidence-based insights on how patients and clinicians are already using generative AI in health care, and where the biggest risks and research gaps remain, with Charlotte Blease, PhD.
Seizure control is often prioritised when assessing childhood epilepsies, but it does not always reflect daily functioning or long-term outcomes. Prof. Kette Valente discusses why non-seizure symptoms must be recognised and assessed alongside seizures to better understand what matters in care.
What should someone do if interested in adopting the ketogenic diet or looking further into "metabolic psychiatry"? Hear about sacrifices, benefits, weight loss, constipation, nutrition, and having the right support.
Learn of the evolution of the ketogenic diet, metabolic psychiatry, the treatment overlap between different diagnoses (e.g. the epilepsies and mood disorders). This is part 2 of 3 with the Pharmacist Who Gave Up Drugs: Graham Phillips.
Are humans forgetting the animals that we actually are? The Pharmacist Who Gave Up Drugs - Graham Phillips - talks to us about the impacts of the regular western diet and the impacts on health - in part 1 of 3.