More Epilepsy & Seizure News

• 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 ...

• Medical Tourism Takes Flight

  July 6 (HealthDay News) -- Soaring U.S. medical costs are causing many Americans to take ...

• Researchers Identify Genes for Childhood Seizures

  April 27 (HealthDay News) -- French scientists studying four generations of a single family have ...

• Researchers Develop Animal Model of Infant Seizures

  April 26 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have developed a mouse model of infantile spasms, which ...

• Cancer Patients at High Risk of Drug Interactions

  April 19 (HealthDay News) -- Because they often take several medications at the same time, ...

• New Epilepsy Drug Helps Reduce Seizure Frequency

  April 11 (HealthDay News) -- An epilepsy drug with a new method of action is ...

• Outpatient Surgeries Carry Serious Risks

  March 26 (HealthDay News) -- Old age, longer operations and cardiovascular disease all raise longer-term ...

• New Study Weighs Benefits of Epilepsy Drugs

  March 23 (HealthDay News) -- Valproate should be the drug of first choice for patients ...

• Vaccine May Help Prevent Stillbirths

  March 23 (iVillage Total Health) - Thousands of children born each year with hearing loss ...

• Caring for ALS Patient Brings Emotional Strain

  March 20 (HealthDay News) -- Family caregivers of patients suffering from debilitating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...