Scalar Field Therapy and Mitigation of Seizure Disorder: A Case Report
Noelani Apau Ludlum et al. This case report describes the use of scalar eld therapy in the mitigation of seizures in an autistic child. The patient is a 4-yr-10-mo-old girl with a 3 year history of seizure disorder and autism. She presents with a long history of a series of 6 to 8 tonic-clonic seizures […]
Study Unravels Mechanism Behind Cilantro’s Benfits
Ana Sandolu … Scientists have unraveled the molecular underpinnings of cilantro’s anticonvulsive effects. Prof. Abbott and colleagues screened the metabolites of cilantro leaf and found that one in particular — the “long-chain fatty aldehyde (E)-2- dodecenal” —activates several potassium channels. These potassium channels are part of the “[n]euronal voltage-gated potassium channel subfamily Q (KCNQ),” and […]
Know Your Child’s Seizure Risk from the MMR Vaccine
Physicians for Informed Consent Every year, about 5,700 U.S. children suffer seizures from the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. This finding is derived from results of the most statistically powered safety study ever to measure the association between MMR vaccination and febrile seizures. Published in JAMA in 2004, the study evaluated more than half a million children, both […]