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Seizure Warning for 3D TV and Games
Updated: 16-07-2010, 09:33:54
Section: News
The Korean electronic giant, Samsung, has issued a warning about possible precipitation of seizures and other medical problems by 3D TV viewing in susceptible individuals. Their photosensitive seizure warning reads
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Epilepsy is the name for a group of disorders of the brain
characterized by a tendency to recurrent seizures or convulsions or 'fits'. It is responsible for an enormous amount of suffering,
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Question: Is epilepsy hereditary?
Answer: The risk of an epileptic person's children also having epilepsy is small. If
one of the parents has idiopathic generalised epilepsy, the risk is about 4% in the child...
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All teachers need some knowledge of epilepsy since it is a relatively
common disorder affecting about five persons in every 1,000 and begin
in most cases in childhood or youth.
Discrimination can be found most often among those who know
little ab...
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Children with epilepsy often face multiple challenges - not only seizures but learning, cognitive and school difficulties, side effects from medication, and, not surprisingly, social stigma from their peers.
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