Despite trying antidepressants and CBT, the “panic” episodes only worsened, especially in the three years before the test.

Quality sleep is critical for people living with epilepsy to avoid triggering seizures. Poor sleep can affect seizures, memory, and more.

Takeda’s late-phase epilepsy program has failed a key test, chalking up misses on the primary endpoints in pivotal trials in two indications. But the Japanese drugmaker still plans to talk to ...

Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have discovered higher levels of immune proteins in the blood before and after an epileptic seizure. The possible biomarkers can be identified using a simple ...

The University of Utah College of Pharmacy's Anticonvulsant Drug Development (ADD) Program has been awarded a five-year $19.5 million contract renewal with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ...

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 ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (KABC) -- Every state has different requirements when it comes to driving with epilepsy. Here in California, patients must be seizure-free for a specific period of time and submit a ...

Autoimmune epilepsy is a newly defined group of conditions characterized by recurrent seizures associated with autoimmunity. Cancer and infections are two potential triggers. Epilepsy is a seizure ...

Oregon paramedics will start testing a drug that could some day let people treat long, dangerous seizures even before an ambulance arrives. If the test works, it could give a new anti-seizure tool not ...

Glauser TA, Cnaan A, Shinnar S, et al; Childhood Absence Epilepsy Study Group. Ethosuximide, valproic acid, and lamotrigine in childhood absence epilepsy. N Engl J Med. 2010;362:790-799. This study ...