{"id":1063,"date":"2023-02-16T15:52:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T15:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2023-02-16T15:52:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T15:52:31","slug":"a-severe-form-of-epilepsy-could-be-treated-with-cholesterol-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=1063","title":{"rendered":"A severe form of epilepsy could be treated with cholesterol medication"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" 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href=\"http:\/\/api.addthis.com\/oexchange\/0.8\/forward\/reddit\/offer?pubid=ns.html&amp;url=https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2223205-a-severe-form-of-epilepsy-could-be-treated-with-cholesterol-medication\/&amp;title=A%20severe%20form%20of%20epilepsy%20could%20be%20treated%20with%20cholesterol%20medication&amp;description=A%20build-up%20of%20cholesterol%20in%20the%20brains%20of%20people%20with%20a%20severe%20form%20of%20epilepsy%20can%20cause%20prolonged%20seizures%2C%20but%20it%20may%20be%20possible%20to%20treat%20this%20with%20statins\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:?subject=A%20severe%20form%20of%20epilepsy%20could%20be%20treated%20with%20cholesterol%20medication&amp;body=A%20build-up%20of%20cholesterol%20in%20the%20brains%20of%20people%20with%20a%20severe%20form%20of%20epilepsy%20can%20cause%20prolonged%20seizures%2C%20but%20it%20may%20be%20possible%20to%20treat%20this%20with%20statins%0D%0Aread%20more:%20https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2223205-a-severe-form-of-epilepsy-could-be-treated-with-cholesterol-medication\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>It may be possible to lessen the severity of a rare and potentially lethal form of epilepsy with common statins, which are used to lower cholesterol levels for people with heart disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Status epilepticus is a severe form of epilepsy in which seizures last more than 5 minutes and can sometimes go on for days or weeks, potentially leading to permanent brain damage or death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aur\u00e9lie Hanin at the Brain and Spine Institute in Paris, France, \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Continued Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2223205-a-severe-form-of-epilepsy-could-be-treated-with-cholesterol-medication\/\">https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2223205-a-severe-form-of-epilepsy-could-be-treated-with-cholesterol-medication\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" 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Status epilepticus is a severe form of epilepsy in which seizures last more than 5 minutes and can sometimes go on for days or weeks, potentially leading to permanent brain damage or death. Aur\u00e9lie Hanin at the Brain and Spine Institute in Paris, France, \u2026 Continued Article: https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2223205-a-severe-form-of-epilepsy-could-be-treated-with-cholesterol-medication\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conditions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1064,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063\/revisions\/1064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}