Sleep conditions like sleep apnea, even mild cases, can escalate the number of seizures a patient with epilepsy experiences and injure organs due to oxygen deprivation, says Milena Pavlova, MD,…
Is epilepsy a mental illness? No, it’s not. But it can place people at a greater risk of having a mood disorder like bipolar disorder. We’re finding more and more…
Did you know that dogs can develop epilepsy, just like humans? There are even several different types of epilepsy that can affect your beloved canine companion. Understanding the various forms…
A new study by Harvard Medical School investigators at Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General hospitals, in collaboration with colleagues at Boston Children’s Hospital, sheds new light on the role…
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.
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