Migraines and epilepsy often go hand in hand. If you have epilepsy, you’re more than twice as likely to get migraines as someone who doesn’t. The reverse is true, too. People with migraines are more ...

Epilepsy, a disorder that has been recognized and treated since ancient times, is caused by short disturbances in the electrical functions of the brain. Epilepsy interrupts the pattern of electrical ...

When epileptic patients suffer seizures, their brain is undergoing repetitive and excessive neuronal firing. But what triggers this has stumped scientists for years. Now, researchers have used ...

Epileptic seizures are frequent among patients with cerebral venous thrombosis — a blood clot affecting the venous system of the brain. A thesis from University of Gothenburg suggests that some of ...

Epilepsy presents differently in each person. The condition has a range of symptoms that varies. Convulsions can be one sign of epilepsy. However, people often experience epilepsy without ever having ...

SAN DIEGO — Certain musical elements within songs — especially when tied to emotional memories — may trigger a rare form of epilepsy known as musicogenic epilepsy, new research suggested The term ...