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 ...

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 epilepsy predictors, a ...

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 ...

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences has introduced a free therapeutic drug monitoring test for patients with epilepsy, the institute said. Epilepsy is a chronic brain disorder causing ...

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 ...

Epilepsy presents differently in each person. The condition has a range of symptoms that varies. Convulsions can be one sign of epilepsy. However, people often experience epilepsy without ever having ...