Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO — Although effective treatments have been established for those with epilepsy, there is a need for more ...

Barton Holmes was 16 months old when he had his first seizure. "He was convulsing and his eyes were rolling in the back of his head," his mother, Catherine McEaddy Holmes, says. "His lips were blue. I ...

Longitudinal data suggested that treatment-resistant focal epilepsy may improve over time. Nearly 70% had reduced seizure frequency and some patients achieved seizure freedom. Improvement was not ...

A seizure is much more than the stereotypical violent shakes and muscle spasms. During a seizure, the brain experiences several bursts of electrical activity that cause symptoms ranging from a loss of ...

An international clinical trial has achieved a new effective treatment option for rare epilepsy that can reduce seizures by 91% in children. Here is what this breakthrough means for the children ...

A surgical treatment commonly used to reduce epileptic seizures in adults also is effective and safe for children, according to a new study. The study is one of the first to investigate responsive ...

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Substitution monotherapy and add-on therapy were equally effective as a second-line treatment for women with idiopathic generalized epilepsy, with no significant differences in failure rates between ...

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More than 3.4 million people in the United States are diagnosed with epilepsy, but researchers struggle to fully understand the spectrum of neurological disorders and its causes. Epilepsy is a general ...