The unpredictable, debilitating nature of a seizure can be frightening, for both the person experiencing it and anyone watching nearby. In that moment, control often slips away as muscles stiffen, ...

Epilepsy in children is a difficult journey for parents. The very natural reactions of fear, helplessness can be overwhelming. This is often worsened by the social stigma associated with epilepsy. The ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Older adults who have a heart attack may be more likely to develop epilepsy later in life, according to a study published November 5, 2025 in Neurology ®, the medical journal of the ...

Seizure control may take time—often a year or more—but most patients achieve it, bringing new hope for life with epilepsy. For millions of people living with ...

A woman who was mauled to death by her pet dog may have suffered an epileptic seizure which triggered the attack, an inquest has heard. Kelly Reilly loved her dog "like a baby" before it caused severe ...

A new guideline by the American Academy of Neurology says psychological interventions are possibly effective in helping people achieve freedom from functional seizures. Functional seizures, previously ...

Fred Kiserem worked as a pastry chef in Iraq and would suddenly fall without understanding why it happened so often. That was in 2011 when a Ugandan friend hinted he could be suffering from epilepsy ...