Noninvasive tests performed in midlife may help identify people who are at risk of late-onset epilepsy (LOE), a new study suggests. New data from the Framingham Heart Study show those who scored ...

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy were tied to higher risks of new-onset neurologic conditions later in life. Women with eclampsia had a five-times higher risk of developing epilepsy. Migraine risk ...

Most patients with newly diagnosed focal epilepsy face early seizure recurrence, often needing multiple ASM trials to achieve seizure freedom.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cannabidiol treatment was associated with median reduction of 67% to 99% in focal aware seizures. All ...

Seizures can be predicted more than 30 minutes before onset in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, opening the door to a therapy using electrodes that could be activated to prevent seizures from ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In models accounting for demographics, hypertension, stroke and more, hypoxemia and sleep apnea were linked to ...

Researchers have discovered a specific genetic variant in SCN1A, the most common genetic epilepsy, that leads to an earlier onset of epilepsy, with clinical features distinct from other epilepsies.

A specific genetic variant of SCN1A may be associated with earlier-onset epilepsy. SCN1A variants are most commonly associated with Dravet syndrome, the most common genetic epilepsy, which is ...

Researchers from the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University in Finland and the University of Wisconsin in the United States demonstrated that individuals who had childhood epilepsy have an ...

Compared with individuals in the general population, those with epilepsy experience a 6.6-year reduction in working life expectancy, primarily due to a higher rate of early disability pension and ...