Long-term, real-world evidence demonstrates early and lasting outcomes of adjunctive VNS Therapy on severe focal seizures “It is critically important to conduct long-term, real-world studies like CORE ...

The DGIST Center for Synapse Diversity and Specificity has identified MDGA2 as a novel causative gene for developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE), a rare and intractable neurological disorder ...

Since 1983, eight new AEDs have been introduced (see Table 2 below). Sadly, a recent VA study of more than 21,000 subjects aged 65 years and older revealed that 80% were being treated with ...

Extratemporal epileptogenic zones, male sex, and obesity are strongly associated with SUDEP risk among patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.

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 ...

Anti-seizure medications, which are also called anticonvulsants or anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs), are medications used to prevent seizures for people who have epilepsy. All AEDs are available only by ...

Andrea Miller longs for the day when she can go somewhere safely on her own. After all, she is 37-years-old, and should be able to take her dog out for a walk, shop at a grocery store, or collect mail ...

Klonopin and Xanax are medications prescribed for anxiety and other disorders. They are similar drugs and are generally regarded as safe, though both carry some risks including the risk of dependency.