Your neurology team at the Epilepsy Center, along with your primary care doctor, will design a treatment plan tailored to your condition and individual needs. You may require more than one kind of treatment such as medication and surgery and may be referred to other medical professionals. Most seizures can be prevented with medication. The type of medication prescribed will depend on your condition. Your neurologist will explain how to take your medication and what side effects might occur. Over time, your medication may be changed to find the right drug and dose. Be sure to take your medication as directed. Call your neurologist if you have questions or experience any unexpected side effects. For some patients, surgery may be recommended to prevent seizures or to implant devices that deliver medications or stimulators to emit electrical impulses. Your neurologist will explain the procedure as well as possible risks. These procedures include: If you have a vagus nerve stimulator implanted, you'll continue to take medication but may be able to reduce the amount or number of medications. This procedure can treat a wide variety of seizure disorders when other surgical procedures aren't an option. Most medical treatments may involve some risks … Continue reading →

Autism Treatment Center of Newtown Square is a state-of-the-art comprehensive center for the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Developmental Delay, integrating mainstream behavioral therapy with innovative, cutting-edge biomedical interventions. Our belief is that Autism Spectrum Disorder is an acquired condition (of newly epidemic proportion), caused by a combination of complex environmental factors and genetic predisposition. Resulting toxicities and immune dysfunction ultimately combine to cause neurologic deficits and brain injury. Based on this theory, we believe these disorders are treatable, utilizing the integration of mainstream behavioral and biomedical intervention to yield the greatest possible results. The combined therapeutic effect of biomedical and behavioral therapies will improve focus and attention, decrease anxiety, increase cognition and overall neurologic function and serve as a comprehensive treatment program. The ultimate goal of the Autism Treatment Center of Newtown Square is to minimize the family burden by providing multiple therapies in one centralized location while maximizing the potential for recovery in every child. The Autism Treatment Center of Newtown Square will provide multiple therapies, for the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Developmental Delay in one centralized location while maximizing the potential for recovery … Continue reading →

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2003 Sep; 74(9): 12211224. Background: Gluten ataxia is an immune mediated disease, part of the spectrum of gluten sensitivity, and accounts for up to 40% of cases of idiopathic sporadic ataxia. No systematic study of the effect of gluten-free diet on gluten ataxia has ever been undertaken. Objective: To study the effect of gluten-free diet on patients presenting with ataxia caused by gluten sensitivity. Methods: 43 patients with gluten ataxia were studied. All were offered a gluten-free diet and monitored every six months. All patients underwent a battery of tests to assess their ataxia at baseline and after one year on diet. Twenty six patients (treatment group) adhered to the gluten-free diet and had evidence of elimination of antigliadin antibodies by one year. Fourteen patients refused the diet (control group). Three patients had persistently raised antigliadin antibodies despite adherence to the diet and were therefore excluded from the analysis. Results: After one year there was improvement in ataxia reflected in all of the ataxia tests in the treatment group. This was significant when compared with the control group. The diet associated improvement was apparent irrespective of the presence of an enteropathy. Conclusions: Gluten ataxia responds to … Continue reading →