More Epilepsy & Seizure News

• FDA Approves New Drug for Severe Epilepsy

  November 21 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug called Banzel (rufinamide) has been approved as ...

• Banzel Approved for Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome

  November 21 (HealthDay News) -- Banzel (rufinamide) has been approved by the U.S. Food and ...

• Epilepsy Drug May Prevent, Treat Alzheimer's

  October 30 (HealthDay News) -- A drug used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder may ...

• Sedative Could Be Deadly in People with Seizures

  October 28 (HealthDay News) -- Use of the sedative propofol is associated with a high ...

• Keppra XR Approved for Partial-Onset Seizures

  September 15 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an extended ...

• Epilepsy Raises Drowning Risk

  August 18 (HealthDay News) -- Having epilepsy might put you at a significantly higher risk ...

• Epilepsy Receiving Inadequate Attention

  August 13 (HealthDay News) -- About one in 100 American adults has active epilepsy and ...

• Death From Febrile Seizure Rare in Children

  August 7 (HealthDay News) -- Even in high-risk children, death from febrile (fever-linked) seizures is ...

• First Generic Versions of Depakote Approved

  July 29 (HealthDay News) -- The first generic versions of Depakote (divalproex sodium) have been ...

• Epilepsy Drug May Boost Birth Defect Risk

  July 21 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women who use the epilepsy drug topiramate alone or ...

• Epilepsy Drugs Can Cause Suicidal Tendencies, FDA Panel Finds

  July 10 (HealthDay News) -- Anti-seizure drugs can cause increased suicidal tendencies in patients, a ...

• 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 ...