Remaining calm is important. Depending on seizure type, many people with epilepsy remain aware of their surroundings even as ...

One potential cause of epilepsy is consuming undercooked pork from pigs infected with the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) ...

Personal strategies, lifestyle changes, and working with epilepsy specialists can enhance brain health, reduce seizure frequency, and improve overall quality of life. Along with medication ...

A new technique involving ultra-powerful MRI scanners could help doctors identify tiny differences in the brains of people with treatment-resistant epilepsy that may have otherwise been missed, a ...

The parts of the brain that are needed to remember words, and how these are affected by a common form of epilepsy, have been identified by a team of neurologists and neurosurgeons at UCL.

How Optogenetics Can Put the Brakes on Epilepsy Seizures Nov. 15, 2024 — In what could one day become a new treatment for epilepsy, researchers have used pulses of light to prevent seizure-like ...

Epilepsy diagnosis is an imperfect science. Approximately 30% of patients are misdiagnosed after their first visit.