Epilepsy News

Many people have seizures. Here's why that doesn’t always mean epilepsy. - One of the most common causes of epilepsy is a structural brain abnormality. “Epilepsy can result from structural issues in the brain, such as brain tumors, brain injuries, brain infections or ...

Dr explains: What is epilepsy and why millions in India still go untreated - Seizures can stem from disrupted brain activity, lifestyle habits or missed triggers. Firstpost brings out experts’ views on causes, warning signs, stigma-driven delays and ways to improve epilepsy ...

Why Focal Epilepsy Guidelines Only Tell Half the Story - This review contrasts the standard of care for focal epilepsy with the complex reality of managing non-lesional and drug-resistant cases.

Tyler woman looks to raise epilepsy awareness 3 years after passing of daughter - TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Susan Branin’s daughter, Micayla, was 5 years old when she had her first seizure. After a year of doctor’s visits, it was a visit to Cook’s Children’s in Fort Worth that finally ...

Experts push epilepsy awareness during National Epilepsy Awareness Month - Each November, epilepsy advocates and medical professionals push to bring the conversation out of the shadows.

Blue light, flashing reels and sleep loss: How smartphones could be fuelling seizure risk - Neurologists warn rising screen time and digital exposure in India may trigger seizures in children and adults with epilepsy. Experts urge sleep hygiene, screen limits and safe device use to reduce ...

Organizations working to raise awareness for epilepsy throughout November - November is Epilepsy Awareness Month, when awareness is raised for a condition that impacts nearly three million adults in the U.S.

Their children depend on CBD to treat epilepsy. The government funding bill threatens to cut off their therapy - Lisa Smith’s 14-year-old daughter, Haley, had run out of options. She was having roughly two dozen seizures a day and had tried “17 or 18” different pharmaceutical regimens, different diets, and an ...

National Epilepsy Day 2025: The seizure myths putting lakhs of Indians at risk, says neurologist - Epilepsy remains widely misunderstood in India, with 2–5 lakh new cases yearly. Neurologist warns that myths delay treatment and stress that proper diagnosis, medication and awareness can help most ...

Women’s Health Wednesday: November is Epilepsy Awareness Month - Epilepsy affects 3.4 million people in this country according to the Epilepsy Foundation. Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain defined by the occurrence of recurrent unprovoked seizures. An unprovoked ...

Rewiring Your Brain: Neurofeedback Goes Mainstream - Will Strahl walked up to my door with a massive black briefcase in his hand, the kind you could use to tote a dirty bomb. Once inside my living room, he cracked open the case and removed a laptop, a ...

How Neurofeedback Can Help Troubled Couples Get Back on the Same Wavelength - Dr. David Helfand (left) with a patient. The cap contains 19 electrodes that measure the brain’s electrical activity. Credit: Courtesy When a 10-year romantic relationship ended last spring for ...

Can Neurofeedback Brain Training Ease Neuropathy? - Neurofeedback, a type of functional brain training, can be used to reduce chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with cancer. It is estimated that anywhere from 71 percent to 96 ...

Betsy DeVos backs a technique claiming to cure ADHD without medication — but the science is questionable - Every time Erin publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your inbox! Enter your email By clicking “Sign up”, you agree to receive emails from Business ...

Neurofeedback Therapists in Connecticut - Currently working on certification in Neurofeedback utilizing brainmapping and training. As we move through life we are challenged with issues related to ourselves, mental illness, family, marriage, ...

Diagnosis and Management of Children With Tuberous Sclerosis Complex - Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a multi-system autosomal dominant condition associated with disease-causing variants in either of the TSC1 or TSC2 genes. It can be associated with variable benign tumours (hamartomas) in different organs, most notably the brain, kidneys, skin and heart with different ages of onset. Affected children may have early-onset epilepsy, refractory epilepsy, varying...

Compound heterozygous variants of CACNA1H change channel properties and contribute to intractable epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures - The CACNA1H gene, which encodes the T-type calcium channel Cav3.2, is known to confer susceptibility to childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) and has been implicated in various neurological disorders. However, its pathogenic significance, especially in childhood intractable epilepsies, has not been comprehensively explored. We performed whole-exome sequencing on a 4-year-old boy diagnosed with epile...

Scoping review: Sexual dysfunction in people with epilepsy - CONCLUSION: Sexual problems are common in PWE. Healthcare providers should investigate drug-induced sexual problems as they can significantly affect patients' quality of life. Unfortunately, there are no established guidelines for treating sexual problems in epilepsy patients. More research is needed on treatments, and healthcare providers require additional education on SD-related issues to di...

Minimally invasive ictal EEG source localization including sphenoidal electrodes - a retrospective study and a meta-analysis - CONCLUSIONS: As a proof of principle, sphenoidal electrodes significantly improved the diagnostic sensitivity of ictal ESL in absence of subtemporal scalp electrodes. Previous studies on ictal ESL yielded substantially heterogenous results, depending on their specific methodology. In presurgical epilepsy cases evaluated with both sphenoidal electrodes and ictal ESL, both techniques should be co...

Modified atkins diet in children with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with spike-wave activation in sleep (D/EE-SWAS): A prospective interventional, non-randomized, single-arm study - CONCLUSION: The MAD was safe but not effective in the treatment of D/EE-SWAS in the short-term, with improvements only seen in seizure control. Its impact on EEG and cognition appears limited in the short-term and poor adherence poses significant challenges.

Does 7 T MRI offer an added value in drug resistant temporal lobe epilepsy? - CONCLUSION: 7 T MRI enhances the presurgical evaluation of TLE by improving lesion detection, clarifying ambiguous findings, and aiding clinical decision-making. Its use should be considered at various stages of the evaluation process, as it offers valuable diagnostic information for both MRI-positive and MRI-negative patients. Further research is needed to explore the possible epileptogenic si...

Brain signal irregularity may provide clues to understanding epileptic process - Researchers propose a new method to differentiate signals from the epileptic focus from those recorded in other parts of the brain without the presence of an epileptic seizure. This technique may help detect epilepsy-induced features from these signals much quicker than conventional analysis techniques.

Breakthrough tech enables seizure localization in minutes - New research introduces a novel network analysis technology that uses minimally invasive resting state electrophysiological recordings to localize seizure onset brain regions and predict seizure outcomes in just 10 minutes.

Antidepressant use during pregnancy not linked to epilepsy in children - A new study suggests that antidepressant use by mothers during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase the chances of epilepsy and seizures in babies.