Most newly diagnosed patients with epilepsy do gain lasting control of their seizures, even if their first medication doesn’t ...

—After ruling out seizure mimics and seizures caused by an acute trigger, the remaining patients with unprovoked seizure require a further assessment. Here are some details. Reviewed by Aaron Miller, ...

Prompt initiation of anti-seizure medication significantly improves long-term outcomes. In most cases, seizures can be ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Among those deemed “treatment sensitive,” 69.4% ...

Regular physical activity is safe for most young people with epilepsy and can improve fitness, confidence, memory and even ...

Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital opened a epilepsy monitoring unit on July 4, 2025, the first ever unit in the Baton ...

A small percentage of people with epilepsy experience a state of “oneness” with the world just before their seizures. The ...

When she was 3 years old, Alana “Lani” Silverberg was eating a cookie when she started turning blue. Her mom, Sara, thought ...

Like many teenagers, Danielle Holton's first car was a ticket to freedom. At age 17, she bought a used Hyundai wagon from her mom, paying for it with money from her job as a certified nursing ...

Some patients with epilepsy can reliably predict when they are likely to have a seizure, a finding that may lead to better seizure prevention, according to a study published in the Jan. 23, 2007, ...

July 7, 2010 (Rhodes, Greece) — Nearly half of patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy were seizure free at 1 year with levetiracetam (Keppra, UCB Pharmaceuticals Inc) monotherapy in a real-life ...

Epileptic seizures used to rule Cheryl Castle's life, striking up to 42 times in three hours and leaving the once-active mother of three essentially housebound. But a new device recently implanted in ...