In the United States, nearly three million adults 18 years and older reported having active epilepsy during 2021 and 2022.

When Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce died in 2019, his death was ruled a sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, otherwise known as SUDEP. Boyce, then 20, experienced his first seizure at almost 17, ...

An absence seizure causes you to blank out or stare into space for a few seconds ... Coping with discrimination and stigma. Children and adults with epilepsy may face discrimination. They struggle to ...

A study conducted by a team of researchers from the Epilepsy Society, including Professor Sanjay Sisodyia and Angeliki Vakrinou has been published in the Brain Communications Journal. The study ...

Jan. 22, 2025 — Doctors could soon reduce epilepsy misdiagnoses by up to 70% using a new tool that turns routine electroencephalogram, or EEG, tests that appear normal into highly accurate ...

Objective: Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is a common disease in neurosurgery, which usually occurs in the elderly. Seizure is one of the postoperative complications in CSDH patients and can affect ...

Mikey Fallon’s epileptic seizures intensified at puberty. A high-stakes operation aided by a robot system was his only hope ...

High strength nicotine pouches that are being sold illegally in the UK could cause inadvertent overdosing and harm to ...

The case most strongly indicating primary involvement of the piriform cortex is provided by Mizobuchi et al. (118). The cause of seizures was a 1 cm aneurysm of the middle cerebral artery, “between ...

The condition affects children and infants, causes bone deformities and sometimes seizures, and is most often caused by a ...

Sleep disorders are a less obvious but impactful cause of persistent fatigue in aging adults. Rare conditions like narcolepsy or advanced sleep phase syndrome can disrupt normal sleep patterns ...