Epileptic seizures or fits are caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Electrical impulses act on several areas of the brain affecting muscular function, sensation and awareness. The ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 22-year-old granddaughter had her first seizure less than a year ago. She had a few tests done, which showed that everything looked normal. She did an MRI, a CT scan and two ...

Epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease are bidirectionally related. Epilepsy is often complicated by progressive cognitive impairments, and late-onset epilepsy (onset generally after 55–65 years of age) is ...

The use of anti-epileptic drugs is associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and dementia, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and the German Center for ...

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that causes seizures of many different types. Recent research has found that epileptic seizures can be more easily predicted by using an electrocardiogram to ...

People who experience an epileptic seizure need immediate management and a treatment plan arranged in order to prevent future seizures. Details of how seizures are managed and the maintenance ...

A Georgia school district is being sued by a mom who says staffers gave her epileptic son an iPad before he had a seizure, ...

VIZIANAGARAM: At least seven passengers sustained injuries when an APSRTC bus carrying 85 passengers rammed into agricultural ...