Epilepsy surgery has been shown to be an effective treatment for patients with intractable epilepsy. The only randomized controlled trial conducted in this setting to date found a dramatic advantage ...

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 ...

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders in the world. According to the World Health Organization, around 50 ...

In this article, we will take a detailed look at the 20 countries with the highest rates of epilepsy with insights into number of epilepsy cases by country and population. For a quick overview of 5 ...

Kindie Kastrissios keeps a bag packed at her front door ready for the next emergency visit to hospital with daughter Scarlett. Scarlett Mayfield-Smith will not turn three until March next year, but ...

Hurricane Melissa disrupted services, destroyed infrastructure, and reversed years of progress in epilepsy care in Jamaica in October, 2025. Each natural disaster resets advances by eroding training, ...

A boy with severe epilepsy has become the first patient in the world to trial a new device fitted in their skull to control seizures. The neurostimulator, which sends electrical signals deep into his ...

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 ...

Epilepsy clinicians who also specialize in women’s health and work with women during the perinatal period can consult with a ...

More than 3.4 million people in the United States are diagnosed with epilepsy, but researchers struggle to fully understand the spectrum of neurological disorders and its causes. Epilepsy is a general ...