Comments for Ask The Expert - Florida Neuroscience Center Blog http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:44:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on People can experience a seizure and not even realize it by Florida Neuroscience Center and Holy Cross Hospital Honor Epilepsy Awareness Month | Ask The Expert - Florida Neuroscience Center Blog http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/people-can-experience-a-seizure-and-not-even-realize-it#comment-132 Florida Neuroscience Center and Holy Cross Hospital Honor Epilepsy Awareness Month | Ask The Expert - Florida Neuroscience Center Blog Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:02:40 +0000 http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/?p=11#comment-132 [...] Did you know that not everything that shakes is a seizure? [...] [...] Did you know that not everything that shakes is a seizure? [...]

]]> Comment on Retraining the Brain by Dr. Locatelli http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/retraining-the-brain#comment-91 Dr. Locatelli Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:05:39 +0000 http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/?p=135#comment-91 Dear Norman: Thank you for posting your question. An evaluation is needed (by a neurologist) to find the cause of the headache and the other symptoms. If all is ruled out, then it is a primary headache (like migraines) for which we have good acute and preventive treatments and recommendations. Dear Norman: Thank you for posting your question. An evaluation is needed (by a neurologist) to find the cause of the headache and the other symptoms. If all is ruled out, then it is a primary headache (like migraines) for which we have good acute and preventive treatments and recommendations.

]]> Comment on Challenge your Memory: Use It or Lose It. by Challenge your memory and gain with brain games and exercises. | Ask The Expert - Florida Neuroscience Center Blog http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/challenge-your-memory-use-it-or-lose-it#comment-90 Challenge your memory and gain with brain games and exercises. | Ask The Expert - Florida Neuroscience Center Blog Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:31:20 +0000 http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/?p=82#comment-90 [...] By challenging your brain with new exercises or games, you strengthen such cognitive skills as the ability to remember something, solve a problem, or use a particular strategy to win a game.  We posted tips in our blog entry called Challenge Your Memory: Use It or Lose It. [...] [...] By challenging your brain with new exercises or games, you strengthen such cognitive skills as the ability to remember something, solve a problem, or use a particular strategy to win a game.  We posted tips in our blog entry called Challenge Your Memory: Use It or Lose It. [...]

]]> Comment on Retraining the Brain by Norman Carrion http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/retraining-the-brain#comment-89 Norman Carrion Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:33:18 +0000 http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/?p=135#comment-89 I suffer from Headaches, pretty much my whole life, I get them right over my right eye. They are excruiatingly painful, I can't remember where I leave things and become very ill. I am now suffering tingling in my right hand and my feet. What can I do, should I go see a neurologist? I suffer from Headaches, pretty much my whole life, I get them right over my right eye. They are excruiatingly painful, I can’t remember where I leave things and become very ill. I am now suffering tingling in my right hand and my feet. What can I do, should I go see a neurologist?

]]> Comment on Manage Your Stress During Difficult Times by Is stress negatively impacting your memory? | Ask The Expert - Florida Neuroscience Center Blog http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/manage-your-stress-during-difficult-times#comment-76 Is stress negatively impacting your memory? | Ask The Expert - Florida Neuroscience Center Blog Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:55:44 +0000 http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/?p=56#comment-76 [...] early August, Dr. Cor� recommended several easy-to-implement strategies for managing stress.  We all respond to stressful situations [...] [...] early August, Dr. Cor� recommended several easy-to-implement strategies for managing stress.  We all respond to stressful situations [...]

]]> Comment on More than 90% of pregnant women with epilepsy give birth to normal, healthy babies. by Folic acid plays an important role in pregnancy and epilepsy. | Ask The Expert - Florida Neuroscience Center Blog http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/more-than-90-of-pregnant-women-with-epilepsy-give-birth-to-normal-healthy-babies#comment-34 Folic acid plays an important role in pregnancy and epilepsy. | Ask The Expert - Florida Neuroscience Center Blog Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:09:49 +0000 http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/?p=13#comment-34 [...] vitamin for any pregnant woman or any woman considering pregnancy. As stated in an earlier blog entry, more than 90% of women with epilepsy will have normal pregnancies. Whether you have [...] [...] vitamin for any pregnant woman or any woman considering pregnancy. As stated in an earlier blog entry, more than 90% of women with epilepsy will have normal pregnancies. Whether you have [...]

]]> Comment on More to Say About Baby Borrowers by Dr. Corá http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/more-to-say-about-baby-borrowers#comment-20 Dr. Corá Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:18:59 +0000 http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/?p=62#comment-20 I appreciate the comments to my blog. My comments are based on my experience as a medical doctor, a practicing psychiatrist, a public educator working with the media for many years, and a clinical researcher. I fully support the American Psychiatric Association’s decision to issue their statement to protect children from being used in these kinds of shows. I appreciate the comments to my blog. My comments are based on my experience as a medical doctor, a practicing psychiatrist, a public educator working with the media for many years, and a clinical researcher. I fully support the American Psychiatric Association’s decision to issue their statement to protect children from being used in these kinds of shows.

]]> Comment on Surgery as a Cure for Epilepsy by Brain mapping is essential for preoperative planning | Ask The Expert - Florida Neuroscience Center Blog http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/surgery-as-a-cure-for-epilepsy#comment-11 Brain mapping is essential for preoperative planning | Ask The Expert - Florida Neuroscience Center Blog Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:05:31 +0000 http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/?p=8#comment-11 [...] In July, we posted a blog entry about how surgery can be a cure for epilepsy.  [...] [...] In July, we posted a blog entry about how surgery can be a cure for epilepsy.  [...]

]]> Comment on Brain Fitness: Fact or Fiction by brain exercises for IQ training http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/brain-fitness-fact-or-fiction#comment-3 brain exercises for IQ training Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:21:43 +0000 http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/?p=27#comment-3 The scientific evidence for the benefits of brain exercise is starting to mount, and will soon be indisputable. The latest groundbreaking study came from a team of researchers at Michigan and Bern --- Susanne Jaeggi and Martin Buschkuehl's study on Improving Fluid Intelligence by Training Working Memory (PNAS April 2008) recorded increases in mental agility (fluid intelligence) of more than 40% less than 20 days of focused brain training. I was so impressed that I contacted the research team and developed a software program using the same method so that anyone can achieve these improvements at home. http://www.iqtesttraining.com -- The IQ Training Program Martin Walker mind evolve, llc The scientific evidence for the benefits of brain exercise is starting to mount, and will soon be indisputable.

The latest groundbreaking study came from a team of researchers at Michigan and Bern — Susanne Jaeggi and Martin Buschkuehl’s study on Improving Fluid Intelligence by Training Working Memory (PNAS April 2008) recorded increases in mental agility (fluid intelligence) of more than 40% less than 20 days of focused brain training.

I was so impressed that I contacted the research team and developed a software program using the same method so that anyone can achieve these improvements at home.
http://www.iqtesttraining.com — The IQ Training Program

Martin Walker
mind evolve, llc

]]> Comment on Surgery as a Cure for Epilepsy by Dedra http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/surgery-as-a-cure-for-epilepsy#comment-2 Dedra Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:18:51 +0000 http://www.floridaneuroscience.com/blog/?p=8#comment-2 My son had surgery for epilepsy when he was 5 years old. He was seizure free for 3 and a half years. He then started having seizures again. Before the first surgery he had an internal EEG. Last Fall he had a Magnito insefallo (I have no idea how to spell it) scan to pinpoint where the seizures were coming from. This takes place of the internal EEG. It showed that all around the surgery spot is scar tissue and that scar tissue is now causing seizures. We are considering surgery again to remove that scar tissue. Will this be an unending cycle now? My son had surgery for epilepsy when he was 5 years old. He was seizure free for 3 and a half years. He then started having seizures again. Before the first surgery he had an internal EEG. Last Fall he had a Magnito insefallo (I have no idea how to spell it) scan to pinpoint where the seizures were coming from. This takes place of the internal EEG. It showed that all around the surgery spot is scar tissue and that scar tissue is now causing seizures. We are considering surgery again to remove that scar tissue. Will this be an unending cycle now?

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