Benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy (BAFME), alternatively named familial adult myoclonic epilepsy 1/familial cortical myoclonic tremor with epilepsy 1 (FAME1/FCMTE1), is a hereditary epileptic ...

Benign childhood epilepsies, notably benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) and related self-limited focal syndromes, have traditionally been regarded as disorders with favourable ...

Epilepsy is a serious neurological disease. More than 50% patients experience onset during childhood. Effective treatment of epilepsy can prevent serious long-term effects such as brain dysfunction.

Marinus Pharmaceuticals is gearing up for a phase 3 study after its epilepsy drug curbed seizures in patients with a rare, genetic disease that causes benign tumors to grow in various parts of the ...

And I'm Michele Norris. Chief Justice John Roberts is resuming his vacation at his summer home in Maine today. He's back from the hospital after experiencing what his doctors called a benign ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My son suffered seizures as a child and was diagnosed with benign rolandic epilepsy. At the time, we were told that he should avoid antihistamines, since they could trigger seizures.

Epilepsy is associated with thickness and volume differences in the grey matter of several brain regions, according to new research. The largest-ever neuroimaging study of people with epilepsy, shows ...

THIS ARTICLE CONCISELY DESCRIBES the more common epilepsy conditions and will enable physicians to efficiently evaluate and manage these disorders. Salient aspects of the history and examination, ...

Sleep disorders are common in patients with epilepsy; approximately 70% of patients with epilepsy experience problems with sleep. In his presentation, Dr Erik St. Louis discussed the impact of sleep ...