A charity has urged NHS officials to ensure that all children with severe epilepsy are given devices that alert their parents if they have a seizure during the night. Subscribe today to access over ...

Children with epilepsy are generally safe to come off anti-seizure drugs if they have stopped having seizures while on the drugs, a new study said yesterday. Subscribe today to access over 6,000 ...

COSTA MESA – The state nursing board voted Wednesday to oppose a Senate bill that would give school workers clear authority to administer an anti-seizure medication to students in an emergency. The ...

The researchers found that the risk for seizures increased with concomitant use of tramadol with CYP2D6-inhibiting versus neutral antidepressants. HealthDay News — Older adults in nursing homes (NHs) ...

A seizure is a medical condition that causes abnormal activity and/or body movements after a sudden and uncontrolled disturbance in your brain. Most people associate seizures with a condition called ...

What Is a Seizure and What Is Epilepsy? Seizures, abnormal movements or behavior due to unusual electrical activity in the brain, are a symptom of epilepsy. But not all people who appear to have ...

Working memory and processing speed are often impaired in children with epilepsy, even in those with intact general cognitive abilities, and can adversely affect learning and problem-solving Attention ...

Writing for The Conversation (republished below), researchers Jaideep Kapur, director of the University of Virginia Brain Institute, and Anastasia Brodovskaya, a UVA postdoctoral fellow in neurology, ...