Sleep represents a time of rest and recovery, but for some individuals, it can become a period of unexpected vulnerability. While dying peacefully in sleep is often considered a gentle passing, ...

Epilepsy in women is influenced by sex hormones during puberty, pregnancy and menopause. Seizure patterns and drug response ...

Epilepsy patients need to grasp these elements because they determine their ability to manage seizures and achieve their desired quality of life.

New research from the Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project shows that genetics plays a role in sleep/wake timing of seizures. Researchers studied 1,395 individuals with epilepsy in families containing ...

Millions of women around the world have epilepsy, but many don't know that the condition can be different at different times in a woman's life. Women can better manage their epilepsy when they know ...

A growing body of neuroscience research is converging on a counterintuitive idea: the disorderly brain activity triggered by LSD might actually work against the hyper-synchronized neural firing that ...

The unpredictable, debilitating nature of a seizure can be frightening, for both the person experiencing it and anyone watching nearby. In that moment, control often slips away as muscles stiffen, ...

What does it truly mean to be seizure-free A Neurologist explains the difference between remission and a cure and the latest ...