More than ever before, people with epilepsy are living normal lives. The key is to get treatment, typically a medication, for seizures—the unpredictable disruptions in the brain’s electrical system that…
According to findings from a recently published prospective cohort study, children with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) who underwent epilepsy surgery had significant improvements in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) that occurred…
New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham suggests some epileptic seizures can be predicted 30-45 minutes before they begin. The findings, published in NEJM Evidence, show that, for…
Public health is a field that focuses on improving and protecting the health of populations through the prevention and control of disease, injury, and disability. While public health initiatives benefit…
The prevalence and severity of insomnia is heightened among patients with epilepsy, found a new study published in Epilepsy Research. Read the full article here.
The hospital conversation that set a young epilepsy patient on the neuroscience career path. Read the full article here.
International research teams have uncovered a new cause for pediatric seizures: mosaicism, a condition in which cells within the same individual have different genetic compositions. Read the full article here.
Statistically, people with low educational attainment and income who have epilepsy suffer more than others from the condition. Not only are they hospitalized with epilepsy more often than others, but…
People with epilepsy have a higher risk of premature death than those without the disease, even with treatment, according to a study published today in the journal Neurology Read the…
If you’re unsure about what it means for someone to have epilepsy, that’s totally OK. Unfortunately, it’s not as widely discussed as it should be. Read the full article here.
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