Epilepsy presents differently in each person. The condition has a range of symptoms that varies. Convulsions can be one sign of epilepsy. However, people often experience epilepsy without ever having ...

AIIMS Jodhpur has made a major breakthrough in medicine by managing to cure four patients with a rare and drug-resistant type of epilepsy called 'Laughter Epilepsy' or gelastic seizure. Reports ...

Researchers are optimistic after early results showed that experimental drug treatment zorevunersen may significantly reduce the number of seizures in children with a rare and severe form of epilepsy.

Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. Characterized primarily by seizures, epilepsy can present in a variety of ways depending on the individual and the ...

The first prescription medication extracted from the marijuana plant is poised to land on pharmacists' shelves this fall. Epidiolex, made from purified cannabidiol, or CBD, a compound found in the ...

Most parents worry about scraped knees, tumbles on the playground or gym class injuries. But for the Raia and Tisdale families, their everyday fears are life-threatening: a seizure that can strike ...

Absence seizure, formerly known as petit mal seizure, is a type of short seizure that usually causes a person to briefly lose focus, stare into space, and lose awareness of their surroundings. These ...

Ten previously unknown symptoms may indicate an increased risk of severe seizures in pregnant women with preeclampsia - ...