22-09-2018 14:00 via thestarphoenix.com

Saskatoon neurologists call for national standardized model to treat non-epileptic seizures

Patients suffering from psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are slipping through the cracks of the medical system due to misdiagnosis, long waits for specialists and a lack of followup care, say two neurologists based at Royal University Hospital.
A University of Saskatchewan research team lead by neurologists Dr. Jose Téllez-Zenteno and Dr. Alexandra Carter recently published a paper finding that potentially around 2,000 patients in Saskatchewan, and 72,000 across Canada, may
Read more »