More Epilepsy & Seizure News

• Trial Data on Anti-Seizure Drug Might Have Been Manipulated: Report

  Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- An unusual look at internal documents from a pharmaceutical company ...

• Steps Start to Add Up to a Math Path in the Brain

  Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Careful observation and analysis of brain activity enables scientists to ...

• Gene Mutation Linked to Fever-Induced Seizures

  Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Mutations in a sodium channel gene are associated with fever-induced ...

• Study Links Epilepsy to Brain Protein

  Sept. 17 (HealthDay News) -- New research has uncovered possible causes of epilepsy related to ...

• Experts Urge Cognitive Testing of Kids With Epilepsy

  Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Children recently diagnosed with epilepsy should have their language, memory, ...

• Seizures, Not Epilepsy Itself, May Raise Birth Risks

  Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Epileptic seizures during pregnancy increase the likelihood of premature and ...

• Scientists Find Way to Stop Epilepsy in Mice

  Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Blocking a gene defect prevents epilepsy from being passed from ...

• Catastrophic Epilepsy Caused by Defect in One Gene

  July 8 (HealthDay News) -- A mutation in a single gene causes catastrophic epilepsy, U.S. ...

• Drug Shows Promise Against Childhood Epilepsy

  June 15 (HealthDay News) -- A drug commonly used to prevent rejection in organ transplant ...

• Pregnant Women with Epilepsy Should Avoid Valproate

  April 27 (HealthDay News) -- Despite recent concerns about fetal malformations linked to the anti-seizure ...

• Epilepsy Drug Impairs Baby's Intelligence

  April 15 (HealthDay News) -- When a pregnant woman takes the epilepsy medication valproate, her ...

• Yale Lab Discovers New Gene-Based Syndrome

  March 20 (HealthDay News) -- A new syndrome that features seizures, lack of coordination, developmental ...

• Taser Stun Guns Can Cause Brain Injury

  March 16 (HealthDay News) -- Taser stun guns, used by some police forces, can cause ...

• Head Injury While Young Ups Epilepsy Risk

  February 23 (HealthDay News) -- Children and young adults who suffer a traumatic brain injury ...

• Gene Discovered for Most Common Form of Epilepsy

  January 28 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have linked a genetic variation to a common form ...

• FDA Adds Suicide Warning to Epilepsy Drugs

  December 16 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it ...

• Seizure Meds Can Be Safely Withdrawn from Kids with Epilepsy

  December 8 (HealthDay News) -- It's generally safe to stop giving anti-seizure medication to children ...

• Epilepsy Drug May Raise Autism Risk in Offspring

  December 3 (HealthDay News) -- Women taking the epilepsy drug valproate while pregnant are at ...

• Surgery a Boon for Most Common Form of Epilepsy

  December 2 (HealthDay News) -- People with the most common form of epilepsy who don't ...