Posts tagged Seizures

• Common Sugar Compound Reduces Seizures

  Ed Smith | October 16, 2006 1:23 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Although in use for decades, a sweet tasting compund, 2-deoxy-glucose, or 2DG, may be a potential cure for epilepsy.About 1 percent of the world's population suffers from epilepsy, a neurological condition that makes people susceptible to seizures. Researchers at the University of Wisconcin have found that the compound completely blocks seizures in laboratory rats. Human studies are on the...