Using deep brain stimulation techniques, neuroscientists at Mayo Clinic are looking for early signals in the brain to help stop seizures. In their biomarker discovery initiative, a team of researchers ...

Epilepsy is still surrounded by harmful myths and stigma. This expert-backed guide breaks down the most common misconceptions ...

More than three million Americans suffer from epilepsy. Not knowing when or if a seizure will strike can make living life difficult. Most people can take medications to control it, but experts say up ...

New options in use or under development include devices and gene and cell therapies aimed at resetting or rehabilitating the brain circuits that cause seizures. Dreamstime/TNS PHOENIX — Medication has ...

Study finds early surgery can cure epilepsy in children. March 12, 2013— -- Tom Parrent was home alone with his son 3-year-old Sam -- better known as "Spike" -- when after lunch the boy told his ...

“If it weren’t for the pacemaker implantation, we would have had to remove the area in the brain responsible for the seizures ...

More than half of children who start a keto diet have at least a 50% reduction in their number of seizures, and as many as 15 ...

People with epilepsy are at risk for hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and hyperlipidemia; they also have an elevated risk of heart disease. Research suggests some of this risk may be due to the ...

Aug. 5 -- TUESDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Blocking a gene defect prevents epilepsy from being passed from adult mice to their offspring, a finding that may help in efforts to develop new ...

SAN DIEGO (Ivanhoe Newswire) – More than 3 million Americans suffer from epilepsy. Not knowing when or if a seizure will strike can make life difficult. Most people can take medications to control it, ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – More than three million Americans suffer from epilepsy. Not knowing when or if a seizure will strike can make living life difficult. Most people can take ...