Every November since 1969, organizations across the country have sought to break the stigma surrounding epilepsy by celebrating Epilepsy Awareness Month. Throughout the month, advocates aim to provide ...

The research, published in Brain Communications, used intracranial electroencephalography (icEEG) tests – where small electrodes are inserted into the substance of the brain to measure electrical ...

Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD Key Takeaways Stress can cause seizures in people with or without ...

The unpredictable, debilitating nature of a seizure can be frightening, for both the person experiencing it and anyone watching nearby. In that moment, control often slips away as muscles stiffen, ...

Days later, Josh, then 23, from Chicago, Illinois, would regain consciousness in a hospital bed to learn surgeons had removed almost the entire right frontal‑parietal lobe of his brain—roughly a third ...

ATLANTA -- In health matters it's not often that older people do better than their younger peers, but seizure disorders may be an example, suggested a cross-sectional study. Liverpool Seizure Severity ...

Scientists are unraveling the role of senescent cells in a common form of epilepsy, and it could point to new treatments.