Friday 18 January 2013

Japan tsunami stress may have brought on seizures

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a devastated fishing community in northeastern Japan, the number of seizure patients spiked during the weeks following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, according to a small new study that concludes disasters may put at least some people at heightened risk. "Stress itself is not a universal risk factor for seizures," said lead author Dr. Ichiyo Shibahara, a staff neurosurgeon at Sendai Medical Center in Japan. "Most of the seizure patients had some sort of neurological disease before the earthquake. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News Read More Here..

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