Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain that affects the nervous system. Epilepsy causes abnormal electrical activity in the brain, which leads to seizures. There are many types of seizure medication, all ...

Children of mothers who took certain anti-seizure medications while pregnant do not have worse neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 6, according to a long-running study. Children of mothers who took ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Monthly seizure frequency percentage reduction was 68.73% for the entire study cohort. For those followed up in ...

Two common antiseizure medications, lamotrigine and levetiracetam, are safe to use during pregnancy, according to a Stanford Medicine-led study. The research, which was published online Nov. 25 in ...

Anti-seizure medications, which are also called anticonvulsants or anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs), are medications used to prevent seizures for people who have epilepsy. All AEDs are available only by ...

LOS ANGELES — The median cost of brand-name anti-seizure medications (ASMs) in the United States almost doubled from 2013 to 2023, whereas generic ASM prices declined over the same period, results of ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My 22-year-old granddaughter had her first seizure less than a year ago. She had a few tests done, which showed that everything looked normal. She did an MRI, a CT scan and two ...

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

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, affecting 3.4 million Americans or 1 in 26 over a lifetime. The hallmark of epilepsy is seizures caused by abnormal bursts of electrical ...

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