University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have revealed how the popular, low-carb ketogenic diet protects against ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Researchers at UVA Health say they have identified how the ketogenic diet helps prevent ...

Using deep brain stimulation techniques, neuroscientists at Mayo Clinic are looking for early signals in the brain to help stop seizures. In their biomarker discovery initiative, a team of researchers ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. A seizure can strike at a moment’s notice and can cause ...

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders in the world. According to the World Health Organization, around 50 ...

SAN DIEGO (Ivanhoe Newswire) – More than 3 million Americans suffer from epilepsy. Not knowing when or if a seizure will strike can make life difficult. Most people can take medications to control it, ...

In what could one day become a new treatment for epilepsy, researchers have used pulses of light to prevent seizure-like activity in neurons. In what could one day become a new treatment for epilepsy, ...

Aug. 5 -- TUESDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Blocking a gene defect prevents epilepsy from being passed from adult mice to their offspring, a finding that may help in efforts to develop new ...

Study finds early surgery can cure epilepsy in children. March 12, 2013— -- Tom Parrent was home alone with his son 3-year-old Sam -- better known as "Spike" -- when after lunch the boy told his ...

Autoimmune epilepsy is a newly defined group of conditions characterized by recurrent seizures associated with autoimmunity. Cancer and infections are two potential triggers. Epilepsy is a seizure ...

For decades, researchers have worked to unravel the mysteries of post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE), a form of epilepsy that emerges after a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Now, a new study led by Texas A&M ...