Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Key Takeaways New-onset adult seizures may be due to stroke, high blood sugar, alcohol ...

In the US, the prevalence of active epilepsy is 1.2% in heterosexual, cisgender people and 2.4% in adults of sexual and gender minoritized groups. Compared with heterosexual and cisgender adults in ...

The CDC reports that one in 100 U.S. adults has active epilepsy, and studies suggest that one third of these are not receiving adequate treatment or care. 30 Although this recent report did not look ...

May 4, 2010 — Lamotrigine is the most effective antiepileptic drug (AED) in older adults with epilepsy, with levetiracetam a close second, according to the results of a retrospective review of 10 AEDs ...

Adult brain plasticity autism treatment may have a new molecular target: a Mass General Brigham Nature study showed that boosting a single gene, Meis2, in inhibitory brain cells reversed memory ...

Sleep apnea and low oxygen levels while sleeping are associated with epilepsy that first occurs after 60 years of age, known as late-onset epilepsy, according to a new study published in Sleep. "There ...

Older adults who have a heart attack may be more likely to develop epilepsy later in life, according to a study published in Neurology. While the study shows a link between these conditions, it does ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A national study from Case Western Reserve University mapping epilepsy rates among older adults found that in Northeast Ohio, epilepsy cases were highest in Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, ...

Children and young adults with severe forms of epilepsy that does not respond to standard antiepileptic drugs have fewer seizures when treated with purified cannabinoid, according to a multi-center ...

Long-term, real-world evidence demonstrates early and lasting outcomes of adjunctive VNS Therapy on severe focal seizures The CORE-VNS 36-month data analysis reaffirms the effectiveness of VNS Therapy ...

A first-of-its-kind nationwide study has mapped epilepsy incidence rates among older adults in the United States and identified key social and environmental factors associated with the neurological ...