The unpredictable, debilitating nature of a seizure can be frightening, for both the person experiencing it and anyone watching nearby. In that moment, control often slips away as muscles stiffen, ...

Epileptic seizures alter sleep by prolonging the stage that's central to memory formation, potentially predisposing the brain to "remember" how to trigger subsequent seizures more easily, a small ...

According to the CDC, 1 in 10 people may have a seizure during their lifetime. That means seizures are common, and one day you might need to help someone during or after a seizure.

A new review examines how ketogenic diets influence the brain’s metabolism to reduce seizures, while also revealing major gaps in clinical research. A new review published in The Lancet Neurology look ...

The pop star began experiencing psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) in December 2023 ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Is there such thing as a walking seizure? The reason I ask is because my husband was out of his Keppra medicine, and he experienced what I would say was sleepwalking ... or maybe a ...

November is Epilepsy Awareness Month, when awareness is raised for a condition that impacts nearly three million adults in the U.S.That's one percent of all adults, while nearly 500,000 kids in the ...

A neurologist shares her thoughts and research about “ecstatic epilepsy” in a wide-ranging conversation on how we perceive the world—and create the world we perceive Jo Marchant - Correspondent People ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Eight children at a church near Harvard University where a French youth choir was holding a concert suffered seizure-like symptoms and were taken to hospitals, officials said.