Epilepsy News

'I push through pain of epilepsy to raise awareness' - Ms Patel, 18, from Walton-on-Thames, now works with the charity Young Epilepsy as a Youth Voice Network member and "feels grateful" that she can help the next generation by promoting awareness.

Let Epilepsy Awareness Month Kickstart a Trend of Being Prepared to Protect the Most Vulnerable: No One Should Face Seizures Alone - That is why the Epilepsy Foundation Long Island is urging every resident to take an hour this month to become certified in seizure safety first aid. Trainings are free, easy to access and provide the ...

Experts share 3 simple steps to help someone during a seizure - Nearly 3.5 million Americans living with epilepsy could benefit from bystander knowledge of proper seizure response.

Beyond seizures: The invisible burdens people with epilepsy carry - Experts explain the lesser-known cognitive, emotional and social challenges people with epilepsy face beyond seizures, and the daily burdens that affect work, relationships and independence.

The everyday challenges with epilepsy most people don't see - Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that is often misunderstood. Modern medicines control seizures in nearly 70% of people. Schools, workplaces, and communities can help by knowing basic first ...

Why Early Detection of Seizures and Epilepsy Is so Important - For parents, a child having a seizure is one of the most frightening experiences imaginable. While many childhood seizures are brief and isolated, others are more serious and persistent. To make the ...

Epilepsy and triggers - This week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Sarah Schmitt about epilepsy and common triggers that may initiate a seizure in individuals with epilepsy.

New epilepsy clinic in Baton Rouge transforms care opportunities for children with seizures - Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital opened a epilepsy monitoring unit on July 4, 2025, the first ever unit in the Baton Rouge area.

Early Seizure Onset Linked to Increased Disease Severity in DEPDC5-Related Epilepsy - Early seizure onset in DEPDC5-related epilepsy is linked to more severe disease, including drug resistance, intellectual disability, and brain lesions.

‘Will of the People’: Love, epilepsy, and medical cannabis for an Omaha boy - He really loves to watch volleyball. He loves a cold Sprite. He loves, probably, most every food we give him,” Teddy’s parents beamed. “He loves the spinning fan.” ...

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 ...

Behind the businesses: Explore Girly Pop’s new drive-thru; benefits of neurofeedback therapy at NeuroFit - Upper Michigan Today showcases Girly Pop's new, permanent drive-thru location; Tia Trudgeon shares her experience and results of neurofeedback therapy at NeuroFit in Marquette.

How At-Home Neurofeedback Can Help You Succeed and Overcome Burnout - It’s no secret that a year working from home has had a serious impact on the mental health of employees, but leaders have not been immune to the impacts either. Whether in the office or on the road, ...

I think, therefore I heal: the weird science of neurofeedback - Imagine if treating a mental illness was as simple as playing a video game — except your mind is the controller. That idea isn’t only real, it’s a therapy gaining traction in the medical community and ...

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 ...

Cardiac-specific Kv1.1 deficiency alters cardiomyocyte electrophysiology without modifying overall cardiac function or arrhythmia susceptibility - The leading cause of epilepsy-related mortality is sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), resulting from seizure-induced cardiorespiratory arrest by mechanisms that remain unresolved. Mutations in ion channel genes expressed in both brain and heart represent SUDEP risk factors because they can disrupt neural and cardiac rhythms, providing a unified explanation for seizures and lethal arrh...

Efficacy and safety of perampanel as first adjunctive therapy in patients with focal-onset seizures or generalized tonic-clonic seizures in four post-marketing studies across regions - OBJECTIVE: Early response to anti-seizure medication (ASM) is associated with a favorable prognosis in patients with epilepsy. Research is required to confirm existing data on the clinical use of perampanel as first adjunctive therapy in different patient groups and different regions. Here, we present a post hoc analysis of four post-marketing studies to examine side by side the efficacy and sa...

Seizure outcomes of laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) for drug-resistant extratemporal epilepsy - OBJECTIVE: Magnetic resonance image-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is a minimally invasive alternative to surgical resection for the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). Seizures arising outside of the temporal lobe can be difficult to treat due to the heterogeneity of anatomical locations and underlying pathologies. The effectiveness of LITT ablations for extratemporal...

Daily intermittent fasting is an effective multiscale treatment in preclinical models of absence epilepsy - OBJECTIVE: Absence epilepsy is characterized by brief but frequent seizures with loss of consciousness. Existing treatments, which come with heavy side effects, are only partially effective and do not address the associated comorbidities, including cognitive and social deficits. A tripartite link between seizures, cognitive deficits, and diet has been established. Intermittent fasting (IF) is a...

SUR1-TRPM4 is expressed in human epilepsy and promotes neuron hyperactivity and seizures in rodents - One third of epilepsy patients do not achieve sufficient seizure freedom with current standard anti-seizure medications. Better understanding of the pathological mechanisms contributing to epileptogenesis is thus necessary to improve current therapies. SUR1-TRPM4 is a depolarizing ion channel minimally expressed in healthy brain that is upregulated de novo in neurons and glia after epileptogeni...

Astrocytic Igfbp2 Promotes Spontaneous Seizures in a Mouse Model of Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy - Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) is a common, frequently drug-resistant epilepsy characterized by seizures arising from the hippocampus. Its hallmark pathology is hippocampal sclerosis with neuronal loss and reactive astrogliosis. Although astrocytes have emerged as potential targets for antiepileptic therapies, their role in epilepsy development remains poorly defined. Here, we combined ad...

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.