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Health Encyclopedia: Epilepsy Outlook And Effects
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General Outlook for Patients with Epilepsy
Most patients can control their seizures with a single drug and stop drug treatment completely after 2 seizureless years. In fact, the sooner patients achieve remission using an anti-epileptic drug (AED), the better their chances for remaining seizure-free in the future. If epilepsy is not effectively treated, and if the patient has continuing seizures, changes in the neurons may eventually cause intractable, or refractive, epilepsy. T...
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CPR and Automatic External Defibrillators: Everyday Lifesavers
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert...deaths, about 166,000 lives are claimed by sudden cardiac arrest, that's roughly 450 lives per... Read more »
Should You Have an Automatic External Defibrillator in Your Home?
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...defibrillator was placed two years ago, after he had a cardiac arrest, and was resuscitated at... Read more »
CPR: Easier, Faster Than Ever
By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert...note. The average age for people who have sudden cardiac arrest is 63. Families with people who... Read more »
Cooling Helmets
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert...Other studies of patients who are comatose after a cardiac arrest have shown that chilling their... Read more »
The "vapours," fainting, and the vagal reflex
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...pediatrician. A 17 year-old male suffered an apparent cardiac arrest in his office after a... Read more »
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High Blood Pressure: Classes of Medications
...risk for arrhythmias. Arrhythmias are heart rhythm disturbances that can, in rare instances, lead to cardiac arrest. In such cases, doctors will prescribe lower doses of the current diuretic,... Read more »Peripheral Artery Disease and Intermittent Claudication: Reducing Heart Risk Factors
...kidney disease, they also increase potassium retention in the kidneys. This increases the risk for cardiac arrest if levels become too high. Because of this, ACE inhibitors are generally not given... Read more »Medications for Congestive Heart Failure
...kidney disease, they also increase potassium retention in the kidneys. This increases the risk for cardiac arrest if potassium levels become too high. Because of this action, they are not... Read more »Epilepsy: Introduction
...Epilepsy is decreasing in childhood but increasing in the elderly, probably because of mild strokes and cardiac arrest.Criteria for Classifying Epilepsies and SeizuresEpilepsy is not a single... Read more »Coronary Artery Disease: Prognosis
...pain as the primary symptom. Common atypical symptoms of a heart attack include:Shortness of breathCardiac arrestDizziness, weakness, and faintingAbdominal painPatients most likely to have... Read more »
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Simple Test Identifies Whos at High Risk After a Heart Attack
March 19, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) A two-in-one test may help save the lives of heart attack patients. New research from the University of Calgary, Canada shows two... Read summary »
Testing Teen Athletes
June 17, 2008By Kirsten Houmann, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- More than 70 cardiologists, medics, administrative... Read summary »
Better CPR
May 05, 2008RICHMOND, Va. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Cardiac arrest happens when the heart suddenly stops beating. CPR is the standard way to resuscitate... Read summary »
Why is cardiac arrest more dangerous than a heart attack?
June 25, 2009"King of Pop" Michael Jackson has died of a heart problem known as cardiac arrest, leading many to wonder about the causes of this condition and how... Read summary »
How painkillers can lead to cardiac arrest
June 29, 2009Since Michael Jackson's death, there has been a great deal of speculation about his use of painkillers and whether this use may have contributed to... Read summary »
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