Epilepsy

Anti-Epilepsy Drug Preserves Brain Function After Stroke, Research Suggests

New research suggests that an already-approved drug could dramatically reduce the debilitating impact of strokes, which affect nearly a million Americans every year. In the study, one dose of the ...

Fish Oil May Help Tough-To-Treat Epilepsy

Low doses of fish oil may help reduce the number of seizures experienced by those with epilepsy that no longer respond to drugs, according to research conducted at the University of California. Th...

Ketogenic Diet Can Reduce Seizures by 50%

A recent publication suggests that children and adolescents following ketogenic diets exhibit an over 50% reduction in seizure frequency. Following a 24 month ketogenic diet, studies have found c...

Personal Stories: The 3 things I did to manage my epilepsy

Jen L. who has had epilepsy since she was 21, explained what actions she has taken to mitigate that affects of her epilepsy. "I've had epilepsy since I was 21. I had several tonic-clonics and spent...

Personal Stories: My battle with epilepsy

As a teenager, I was perfectly healthy. No problems or surgeries or seizures until I turned 19. After that my health went downhill QUICK. I had my first seizure July the 7th of 1998. I don't know i...

At Mayo, brain device offers hope for toughest epilepsy cases

Reposted from MPR News After nine years of epileptic seizures and no success stopping them, Sheri Finstad was ready to try an experiment. In October, she came to Rochester, where Mayo Clinic doct...

New High-Tech Device Offers Hope For Epilepsy Patients

Epileptic seizures used to rule Cheryl Castle's life. They became so frequent that they could strike up to 42 times in three hours, leaving the once-active mother of three essentially housebound. B...

Demystifying Epilepsy in Cameroon Africa

On the demise of Gabriel Bebonbechem whose story we earlier shared here, his mother thought that the best legacy for his short and painful life was the creation of a Foundation for awareness and ou...

Personal Stories: Victoria

My name is Victoria. I am a graduate student at Southern New Hampshire University. I am studying Justice Studies with a concentration in Terrorism and Homeland Security. I really don't like asking ...

1 in 5 Adults with Epilepsy Suffer Severe ADHD Symptoms

AUSTIN-- You never know when a seizure will come. It can be a daily struggle for epilepsy patients. On the first international epilepsy day, there is some good news for the patients -- not about ep...