About one-third of patients with focal epilepsy, a common form of the neurological disorder, are believed to respond poorly ...

Researchers explored the minority of focal epilepsy patients who are considered treatment resistant because they continue to ...

A new clinical trial co-led by researchers at FutureNeuro and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences is ...

The type of seizure you have depends on what area and how much of the brain's electrical activity is affected.

Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Valproate (Depakene) emerged as the best first-line choice for ...

You can expect most epilepsy cases to improve with antiseizure drugs. Surgery is an option if medications do not work for your epilepsy. You may eat a ketogenic diet to help with treatment-resistant ...

More frequent seizures during the menstrual cycle in women with genetic generalized epilepsy have been linked for the first time to drug-resistant epilepsy, when anti-seizure medications don't work, ...

For the first time in almost three decades, the classification for epileptic seizures has been updated. The new system formally recognizes some seizure types, provides additional information on causes ...

—Seizure clusters in patients with epilepsy have negative effects on quality of life, morbidity, and healthcare utilization. Being able to identify risk factors for seizure clusters could help ...

NASHVILLE, Tennessee ―The retention rate for the antiseizure drug perampanel (Eisai Co, Ltd) is more than 70% for adult patients with epilepsy, new research shows. In early results from the PERPRISE ...