The skull heals its cracks, the bruises fade, the swelling subsides and the bleeding stops. From the outside, a traumatic ...

A new report commissioned by NHS England and led by researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience ...

One hundred epilepsy patients at Intermountain Health have been treated with a brain implant designed to stop seizures as ...

An EEG test measures brain activity to help diagnose conditions like epilepsy and sleep disorders. EEG is part of a sleep study to diagnose issues like sleep apnea and narcolepsy. EEG can help ...

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have used an advanced gene-editing technique to correct the underlying cause of a severe form of epilepsy in lab mice. This breakthrough could one ...

Nocturnal seizures often cause symptoms like spasms, grunting, and breathing difficulties while sleeping. Increasing sleep by 90 minutes can decrease your seizure risk by 27% over 48 hours.

Initiation of GLP-1s was associated with an 18% lower risk for seizure recurrence and a 65% and 60% lower risk for hospitalization and mortality, respectively, than initiation of other ...

An estimated 1 in 10 people worldwide have diabetes. Africa is the region with the fastest growth and it’s estimated that the number of people on the continent with diabetes will more than double in ...

There's no single definition of seizure clusters, also called cluster seizures. In general, it's a group of seizures that happen more often than you're used to within a certain span of time. Some ...

Migraines and epilepsy often go hand in hand. If you have epilepsy, you’re more than twice as likely to get migraines as someone who doesn’t. The reverse is true, too. People with migraines are more ...

Most people with epilepsy or seizures during pregnancy will have a normal pregnancy and a healthy baby. It is important, though, that people take steps to manage any potential risks of seizures during ...

Optogenetics employs a harmless virus to deliver light-sensitive genes to a particular set of neurons in the brain that can then be switched on and off with pulses of light. In a first, UC researchers ...