While Epilepsy Society welcomes innovations in research and improved treatments, Professor Matthias Koepp, welcomed the news with caution noting that: “While AI has been used for quite a while for ...

The government has announced that millions of people will now be able to search for and sign up to lifechanging clinical trials, via the NIHR Be Part of Research service on the NHS App, allowing ...

- make an appointment to see your neurologist as soon as possible about how you can reduce the risk to your unborn baby. Having epilepsy does not necessarily mean that starting a family will be any ...

For many people, epilepsy is a condition which can be well-managed and has little or no impact on their life. For others, ongoing seizures mean that epilepsy has a long-term impact on them. Like some ...

Some issues around epilepsy and its treatment are specific to women and girls and do not apply in the same way to men. These include links between epilepsy and hormones, puberty, contraception, ...

Two important laws that apply to employment are the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Equality Act 2010. Health and safety law. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 says that employers are ...

Our step-by-step guide to the recovery position shows you how to help someone recover after a tonic clonic seizure. These steps should be followed once the shaking has stopped. We send monthly ...

Having a good night’s sleep can be important for everyone. Research suggests that getting good sleep, and dreaming, can help our brains create meaning from the day’s experiences, and help strengthen ...

Anyone can develop epilepsy, at any time of life. It happens in people of all ages. There are over 600,000 people with epilepsy in the UK. Epilepsy varies greatly and affects everyone differently.

Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy (VNS Therapy) is a treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve ...

Eating a healthy, balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health and can help you feel your best. This may reduce the risk of seizures for some people with epilepsy. Although there is ...

Here is a list of anti-seizure medication (ASM), previously called anti-epileptic drugs or AEDs. Each medication listed includes a link to information about what type of seizures the ASMs are used for ...