{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Epilepsy Sparks Insights","title":"The Epilepsy Risks Nobody Used to Talk About - Prof. Torbjörn Tomson","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/3e76606e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1708,"description":"Epilepsy care has come a long way - from safer pregnancies and advances in genetics to better understanding the risks of epilepsy, including SUDEP. But why are some risks still not openly discussed, and could we one day prevent epilepsy rather than simply control seizures? Hear from leading epilepsy researcher Prof. Torbjörn Tomson on this week's podcast.\nThis episode is sponsored by the Drug-Resistant Epilepsy Course organised by the Spanish Epilepsy Society - supporting education and public understanding of epilepsy.\nChapters 📖\n00:00 Trailer & intro\n01:25 Meet Torbjörn Tomson\n03:26 Discoveries from epilepsy research\n05:55 Pregnancy in women with an epilepsy - history\n08:06 Fear and risk of fetal abnormalities - a reduction\n09:50 Benefits of epilepsy pregnancy registers\n11:54 The valproate debacle - positive changes\n15:26 SUDEP history, education, and risk reduction\n23:15 Other risks to minimise\n25:23 Shared decision-making (clinician and person with an epilepsy/carer)\n25:48 Hopes for the future: anti-epileptogenic treatments\n27:37 Closing thoughts and thanks \n🔗 Episode page and transcript epilepsysparks.com/epilepsy-sparks-insights/progress-history-epilepsy-care\n🌐 More about Torbjörn epilepsysparks.com/guests/torbjorn-tomson\n🌐 More Epilepsy Sparks Insights epilepsysparks.com/epilepsy-sparks-insights\n🎥 Watch on YouTube youtube.com/@EpilepsySparksInsights\n🔤 Don’t understand terms used? Check out the Epilepsy Sparks Glossary epilepsysparks.com/glossary\n📲 Join us on social media!\n〰️ LinkedIn epilepsy-sparks\n〰️ Instagram epilepsysparks\n〰️ Facebook epilepsysparks\n〰️ TikTok epilepsysparks\n〰️ Bluesky epilepsysparks​","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ETcVcvJ4VhVWwS3naEn8WMtHF9g3yTGGq7gx0U5XJZo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jMzZm/NGY5NWZmMTgxMGZi/MjE0ODNkMjI2NGRk/YjJjNC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}