From the September 2016 issue of Massachusetts General Hospital's Mind, Mood, & Memory (MMM)
Ask the Doctor: Seizures & AD; Isolated Systolic Hypertension; Modafinil
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Q: My 77-year-old wife has Alzheimer’s disease and recently began having seizures. Could the seizures be related to her Alzheimer’s? A: Seizures are convulsions or muscle spasms associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain. It is not uncommon for seizures to be associated with advanced Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It is estimated that as many as […]