Epilepsy News

Smartwatch seizure app spots 98% of tonic-clonic seizures, cuts false alarms - In people with epilepsy, a new study has found a smartwatch application accurately detected tonic-clonic seizures, seizures with major convulsions, with a low rate of false alarms. The study was ...

Smartwatch seizure detection app may help reduce epilepsy-related deaths - In people with epilepsy, a new study has found a smartwatch application accurately detected tonic-clonic seizures, seizures with major convulsions, with a low rate of false alarms.

What to know about epilepsy and seizure first aid - November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. Many people may already be aware of the condition from its prevalence in medical dramas, but that portrayal is often exaggerated and does not fully encapsulate ...

Seizure Burden in Resistant Epilepsy May Ease With the Tincture of Time - Nearly 70% of patients with focal treatment-resistant epilepsy (FTRE) experience fewer seizures over time, new results of a multicenter study showed. However, the improvements occurred independent of ...

Focal treatment-resistant epilepsy symptoms improved with antiseizure medication - Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Monthly seizure frequency percentage reduction was 68.73% for the entire study cohort. For those followed up in ...

Teen with Epilepsy Dies After Seizure Leads to Cardiac Arrest: ‘There Was No Warning’ - Ellen May Hardwick, 18, went into cardiac arrest following a seizure that occurred with "no warning." Her family is now raising awareness of SUDEP (sudden unexpected death in epilepsy).

Understanding epilepsy: Seven ways to respond to an epileptic seizure - At the forefront of epilepsy research and treatment is the University of Alabama at Birmingham Epilepsy Center, a collaborative initiative between the UAB Department of Neurology and UAB Hospital, ...

First seizure clinic provides visit, pediatric epilepsy diagnosis in less than a week - Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The model expedites access to specialists after a first seizure. The mean time between the referral and the ...

EPILEPSY AWARENESS: Local neurologist explains condition & seizure first aid - COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Local experts say epilepsy is not a condition to be afraid of. Piedmont Columbus Regional pediatric neurologist Pierre Fequiere treats patients with epilepsy every day and knows ...

Teacher with Epilepsy from Viral Seizure Video Shares Advice for Others Navigating Chronic Illness at Work (Exclusive) - A viral TikTok video of Yareli Jessica Gijon experiencing seizure symptoms in class sparked conversations about epilepsy awareness ...

Perampanel increases seizure threshold in pentylenetetrazole-kindled mice and improves behavioral dysfunctions by modifying mRNA expression levels of BDNF/TrkB and inflammatory markers - Perampanel (PER), a novel 3rd-generation antiseizure drug that modulates altered post-synaptic glutamatergic storming by selectively inhibiting AMPA receptors, is recently approved to treat intractable forms of seizures. However, to date, presumably consequences of long-term PER therapy on the comorbid deleterious psychiatric disturbances and its correlation with neuroinflammatory parameters ar...

Thalamic Volume Asymmetry as a Potential Predictor of Vagus Nerve Stimulation Outcomes in Refractory Epilepsy - Vagus nerve stimulation is an established treatment for refractory epilepsy, but predictors of treatment response remain unclear. Given that left-sided vagus nerve stimulation preferentially modulates the left thalamus and that epileptic networks induce thalamic structural damage, we investigated whether preoperative thalamic volume asymmetry predicts vagus nerve stimulation outcomes. This retr...

Cenobamate: a new drug that may change the concept of drug-resistant focal epilepsy - CONCLUSION: Considering the response rates obtained, cenobamate may change the concept of drug-resistant epilepsy. Failure of any 2 drugs will no longer be sufficient to define this condition; rather, it will require failure of the most efficacious drug.

Methodological Quality of Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Simple Febrile Seizures in Children: A Systematic Review Using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II... - CONCLUSIONS: Substantial variability exists in the quality of FS CPGs. Enhancing guideline development with robust methodologies, improved implementation strategies, and greater transparency is essential to strengthen clinical utility and promote consistent, evidence-based practice.

A splice-altering intronic variant in two multiplex families refines autosomal recessive COG4-related congenital disorder of glycosylation - Autosomal recessive COG4-related congenital disorder of glycosylation [COG4-CDG(ar)] is caused by biallelic deleterious variants in COG4, which encodes a component of the conserved oligomeric Golgi complex lobe A. COG4-CDG(ar) has been described in six individuals to date, and its clinical manifestations and disease mechanisms remain poorly understood. Exome sequencing identified the homozygous...

Elevated ADHD symptoms linked to depression and anxiety in women with epilepsy - CONCLUSIONS: Women with epilepsy report elevated ADHD-related symptoms that are closely associated with psychological distress. The unexpectedly high yield of positive screening outcomes on a generic ADHD screening measure suggests tailored assessment approaches may be required to differentiate ADHD from common psychiatric comorbidities of epilepsy and guide treatment selection.

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.