More Epilepsy & Seizure News

• Failure to Take Seizure Drugs Boosts Death Risk

  June 18 (HealthDay News) -- People with epilepsy are up to three times more likely ...

• New PET Scanner Could Improve Diagnosis

  June 16 (HealthDay News) -- A prototype of a new cutting-edge PET scanner shows promise ...

• Scientists ID Brain Pathway That Stops Seizures

  June 8 (HealthDay News) -- A brain pathway that stops seizures has been found by ...

• Seizures Likely Sign of Brain Injury After Stroke

  May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Stroke patients who suffer seizures are more likely to die ...

• Sen. Edward Kennedy Hospitalized After Seizure

  May 17 (HealthDay News) -- Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was taken from a local ...

• Special Diet Can Ease Epileptic Seizures in Kids

  May 2 (HealthDay News) -- The "ketogenic" diet, which features high levels of fat, low ...

• Epilepsy Drug Linked to Bone Loss

  April 28 (HealthDay News) -- The epilepsy drug Dilantin may put young women who take ...

• Breast-Feeding While on Seizure Meds Doesn't Harm Babies

  April 17 (HealthDay News) -- Mothers who breast-feed while on certain seizure medications do not ...

• Epilepsy Drug Doesn't Prevent Migraines

  Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) -- The epilepsy drug oxcarbazepine (Trileptal) does not seem to prevent ...

• FDA Warns Epilepsy Drugs May Raise Suicide Risk

  Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Commonly used antiepileptic drugs may boost the risk of suicide ...

• Atkins-Like Diet Cuts Epileptic Seizures

  Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with epilepsy who have failed other treatments may be ...

• Tracking Drug Levels Helps Pregnant Women With Epilepsy

  Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Having doctors monitor blood levels of the drug lamotrigine in ...

• Experts Issue Guidelines on Diagnosing Seizure

  Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Routine electroencephalogram (EEG) and MRI or CT brain scans should ...

• Some Epilepsy Patients Not Always Aware of Seizures

  Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- In patients with focal epilepsy, simply asking how often they ...

• Certain Seizure Patients Need Emergency CT Scan

  Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Immediate CT brain scans should be used to screen certain ...

• Lamotrigine May Reduce Epilepsy Seizures

  Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- When taken once a day as an added therapy, the ...

• Generic Anti-Seizure Drug Approved

  Oct. 11 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first ...

• Some Epilepsy Patients Are Good Candidates for Surgery

  Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- People with epilepsy who experience multiple types of auras may ...

• Experts Split on Whether Chief Justice Roberts Has Epilepsy

  August 1 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts walked out of ...