What is Epilepsy?Epilepsy is the name of the medical condition where a patient gets recurrent seizures. Seizures are also more commonly referred to as “fits” or “convulsions”. The normal brain has ...

Researchers propose a new method to differentiate signals from the epileptic focus from those recorded in other parts of the brain without the presence of an epileptic seizure. This technique may help ...

Suffering a fit can lead to a number of problems for the patient, such as seizures, involuntary muscle movements, loss of consciousness, etc. Thus, signals without epileptic seizures gain importance ...

Training coach and CrossFit athlete Jenny LaBaw got an early start Saturday morning on what is to be a 500-mile run through the Colorado Rockies to raise awareness about epilepsy. LaBaw, 33, was 8 ...

Justin Cho is recovering after having surgery to treat a rare form of epilepsy. — -- For years, Justin Cho's family thought they simply had a happy kid who liked to laugh, even when nothing funny ...

LOS ANGELES - A small preliminary study has found that valproic acid - a drug used to treat epileptic seizures, migraines and manic-depression - may halt or even reverse the loss of vision produced by ...

A few days after arriving in Paris for my semester abroad, I had my first seizure. I was diagnosed with epilepsy and told I needed to sleep a lot and avoid most activities. Despite many doctor visits ...