PHILADELPHIA — The next phase of personalized medicine in epilepsy may be therapy that is tested and targeted to the specific genetic mutation causing an individual's seizure disorder. A new genetic ...

The seizures of around one-third of people with epilepsy are resistant to available medicines — a statistic that haunts neurology. It has been this way for decades. The medicines have got better by ...

A new form of gene therapy designed to treat the most treatment-resistant form of childhood epilepsy appears to reduce seizures in mice. In a research article published Dec. 14 in Brain, researchers ...

HOUSTON – One in three people with epilepsy cannot control their seizures with medication. Tiffany Penn, a mother of three, was one of them. "I have spoken with all of them and said seizures look ...

Focal cortical dysplasia is caused by areas of the brain that have developed abnormally and is among the most common causes of drug-resistant epilepsy in children. It frequently occurs in the frontal ...

Chicago, IL, November 10, 2009 - NeuroTherapeutics Pharma, Inc., or NTP, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapies for central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced ...

London-based medical device manufacturer LivaNova has announced FDA approval of its most recent Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy (VNS Therapy) System, which will be the smallest and lightest responsive ...

A pair of studies will offer insights into the therapeutic effects of specialized diets in adults with epilepsy. Researchers have long known that dietary therapy, in conjunction with a regimen of anti ...

A new study by gene therapy scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may lead to an effective long-term treatment for preventing seizures associated with a common form of epilepsy ...

Compared with children with epilepsy who received assessment-enhanced usual care, those who received MICE therapy demonstrated improved symptoms of emotional and behavioral difficulties. Young ...

The burden of Epilepsy care and management has gradually shifted from lack of knowledge and information to the gap in treatment. While Epilepsy is manageable and treatable, it requires a ...