More than three million people in the U.S. suffer from epilepsy, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About one-third of people with epilepsy don't respond to medications used ...

The study was carried out by an international group of researchers including epilepsy experts from the Epilepsy Society’s Chalfont Centre. It is believed to be the longest single-centre follow-up of ...

Ten years ago, a landmark clinical trial in Canada demonstrated the unequivocal effectiveness of brain surgeries for treating uncontrolled epilepsy, but since then the procedure has not been widely ...

In the 58% of patients who became seizure-free in a randomized trial, [3] quality of life, employment status and school attendance improved. There were no deaths, although 1 patient in the control ...

Kaylee Hill, diagnosed with epilepsy before high school, is now seizure-free after advanced mapping technology guided two successful surgeries.

Over 10 million people with epilepsy qualify as surgical candidates worldwide, with 1.4 million new potential surgical ...

Children with drug-resistant epilepsy who are Black or insured through Medicaid may be less likely than white and privately insured patients to receive surgical treatments that can end or minimize ...

Epilepsy surgery is the standard of care for focal drug-resistant epilepsy, but it is underutilized. Knowledge gaps and attitudes toward epilepsy surgery are partly responsible, and a new study ...

Studies suggest natural language processing (NLP) is an effective tool in identifying candidates for epilepsy surgery. A review of 6 studies found natural language processing (NLP) showed ...

Temporal lobe epilepsy, which results in recurring seizures and cognitive dysfunction, is associated with premature aging of ...

Clearing out “aged” brain cells dramatically reduced seizures and restored memory in a new epilepsy study.