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

If you see someone having a seizure or fit, there are some simple things you can do to help.

Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. Characterized primarily by seizures, epilepsy can present in a variety of ways depending on the individual and the ...

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has released its first guideline for the management of functional seizures, providing clinicians with timely recommendations on treating the commonly ...

Many patients suffer from epilepsy that cannot be controlled by current medications. Surgical removal of epileptogenic brain regions is effective in only about half of cases, and not all patients are ...

A new experimental drug is showing remarkable promise for children with Dravet syndrome, a severe genetic form of epilepsy.

A new experimental treatment for children with a hard-to-treat form of epilepsy is safe and can reduce seizures dramatically, helping them lead much healthier and happier lives, the findings of a UCL ...

Methamphetamine, an illegal drug that sends the body into overdrive, is surging through the United States. Federal drug data provided exclusively to NPR show seizures of meth by authorities have ...

Scientists who study Alzheimer’s disease have mostly ignored the role of seizures, but that is beginning to change, and new research suggests they may provide insight into the progression of the ...

Brain dynamics span orders of magnitude in space and time, making population neural activity both rich and difficult to understand. Observing brain activity at each spatial and temporal scale presents ...