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

Some people with epilepsy find it helpful to consider safety aids or equipment that might help them with day-to-day life. For example, an alarm, or monitor, that can alert family or friends when ...

Following the results of an extensive survey by researchers at Arizona State University and the University of Texas-Houston, medical professionals and parents now have a better guide for treating ...

Alana "Lani" Silverberg was a real firecracker with a big personality at age 3—until she started having seizures.

For children with epilepsy, doctors now try to prevent seizures altogether. It's a big switch in thinking from the days when seizures weren't... With Epilepsy Treatment, The Goal Is To Keep Kids ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 1 out of 10 people will have a seizure during their lifetime. Most of these seizures will be epileptic seizures, which are ...

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

Seizure clusters happen when you have multiple seizures in a short time period, closer together than is usual for you, and recover between seizures. If you have a cluster of seizures, it's important ...

You can expect most epilepsy cases to improve with antiseizure drugs. Surgery is an option if medications do not work for your epilepsy. You may eat a ketogenic diet to help with treatment-resistant ...

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India is home to nearly 10–12 million people with epilepsy, yet stigma, misinformation and delayed diagnosis continue to ...