A seizure is a medical condition that causes abnormal activity and/or body movements after a sudden and uncontrolled disturbance in your brain. Most people associate seizures with a condition called ...

Epilepsy can cause a number of health complications, especially if it goes untreated. The most serious of these complications is known as sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). While uncommon, ...

Your seizure threshold is one factor that influences your likelihood of having a seizure. People with epilepsy tend to have a lower seizure threshold, meaning they’re more likely to have seizures.

Pregnancy is a unique phase in a woman’s life, and for those with epilepsy, early consultation with a neurologist and obstetrician is crucial. A well-planned approach significantly reduces risks for ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

In our Medical Myths series, we approach medical misinformation head on. Using expert insight and peer reviewed research to wrestle fact from fiction, MNT brings clarity to the myth riddled world of ...

Seizures are individual events, and seizure disorders, also called epilepsy, are medical conditions that cause people to have a predisposition to seizures. A seizure is a sudden experience that can ...

A team of epilepsy specialists at UC San Francisco has developed a method to predict 24-hour seizure risk. The discovery, which may be scalable to large numbers of patients, could help to improve the ...

For generations, families of children with epilepsy were told to limit sports, avoid playgrounds, or "be careful" in ways that often led to isolation. But modern research and clinical experience tell ...