This transcript has been edited for clarity. Andrew N. Wilner, MD: Welcome to Medscape. I'm your host, Dr Andrew Wilner, reporting on the annual American Epilepsy Society meeting. With me today is my ...

“Do you know why you shouldn’t talk to strangers?” asks a police officer standing at the front of a classroom to a room full of students. Emily’s hand shoots up and the teacher encourages her to ...

A particular structure in the brain is a "choke point" for a type of epileptic seizure that affects mostly children, Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have found. The researchers ...

- Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) on Absence seizures include Dennis Dlugos, MD, Wendyl D’Souza, MBChB, MPH, FRACP, PhD, and Alexander Rotenberg, MD, PhD - VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 20, 2025 (GLOBE ...

Bright Minds Biosciences Inc. (DRUG) has been able to initiate its phase 2 BREAKTHROUGH study using its 5-HT2C agonist BMB-101 for the treatment of adult patients with classic Absence Epilepsy and ...

Absence seizure, formerly known as petit mal seizure, is a type of short seizure that usually causes a person to briefly lose focus, stare into space, and lose awareness of their surroundings. These ...

Medically reviewed by Diana Apetauerova, MD Key Takeaways Epilepsy is often linked to genetic factors, brain injuries, ...