Epilepsy Stories
Scientists challenge the age-old idea the Broca's area of the brain produces human speech.
Fish oil's brain benefits may also apply to epilepsy, according to a new study, which found that people who took low doses were able to reduce the frequency of seizures.
Mice bred with a particular gene deficiency are more likely to develop spontaneous seizures and sudden death, suggesting a potential cause of SUDEP.
Kids and young adults with epilepsy are more prone to personal injury, particularly overdoses of medication intended to treat the chronic condition.
The family of 2-year-old Wyatt Hauser is currently deciding on medical marijuana as a form of treatment for his epilepsy, after 10 medications have failed to treat his recurring seizures.
Epilepsy causes normal brain activity to become disturbed; it appears as a disturbance in the weather of the brain, a flash of lightning or a rolling fog.
The anticonvulsant and mood-stabilizing drug valproic acid is associated with a 34 percent lower risk of head and neck cancer, a new study finds.
Metabolism may play a large role in seizures, and adjusting diet can actually be a form of treatment.
A study looking at inhibitory neurons found a chemical connection between brain cells' metabolism and signaling, which explains how fasting can reduce epilepsy.
Moritz Erhardt, a 21-year-old Bank of America summer intern, passed away after pulling three consecutive all-nighters.
Almost half of the patients who undergo surgery for epilepsy are free of seizures after 10 years, according to a new study published in the The Lancet journal.
A 4-year-old boy who was diagnosed with the rare epilectic Dravet syndrome drowned in a pool on Saturday in Connecticut.