A new study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows an improvement in screening rates for anxiety and depression among epilepsy patients with the implementation of an…
Older adults with sleep deprivation and epilepsy have an elevated risk for all-cause mortality, according to a study published online April 23 in Healthcare. Read the article.
How is climate change affecting our brains? This powerful short film from the FutureNeuro Research Ireland Centre and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, produced by Chocolate Films in…
The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed House Bill 2013, or Dylan’s Law, on Thursday, May 15. The bill, from Rep. Daniel Pae (R-Lawton), looks to improve education in Sudden Unexpected Death…
A panelist discusses how REST empowers patients and caregivers to intervene at seizure onset with fast-acting rescue therapies, preventing escalation, reducing emergency care, and improving long-term outcomes and quality of…
A new study reveals air pollution may contribute to the development of epilepsy, a brain condition that causes seizures. Published in Epilepsia, researchers at London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI) and…
A powerful and intimate documentary film, “The Curse of Stigma” tells the story of Kenyans living with epilepsy and the pain, isolation, and harm they have suffered because of discrimination and deeply…
For those patients, surgical resection of the epileptogenic zone (EZ), an area whose removal can lead to seizure freedom—a period of time when a person with epilepsy experiences no seizures—can…
While extremely rare, encephalopathy (a condition affecting brain function) triggered by mutations in the UBA5 gene has devastating impacts, with affected individuals reaching few developmental milestones and experiencing frequent and…
The wide-ranging impact of epilepsy is not only due to the neurologic impairment imposed by seizures, but also to its effects on psychosocial functioning. The diagnosis of epilepsy itself may negatively…