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, ...

Epileptic seizures alter sleep by prolonging the stage that's central to memory formation, potentially predisposing the brain to "remember" how to trigger subsequent seizures more easily, a small ...

The pop star began experiencing psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) in December 2023 ...

If you see someone having a seizure or fit, there are some simple things you can do to help.

A new review examines how ketogenic diets influence the brain’s metabolism to reduce seizures, while also revealing major gaps in clinical research. A new review published in The Lancet Neurology look ...

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 ...

Imagine we could switch on bliss, the feeling that everything in your body and the world is completely, utterly … perfect. That might one day be possible, according to Fabienne Picard, a French Swiss ...

"They did a brain scan but said that nothing was wrong, and they told me that it's likely never to happen again," Isabella Fairclough tells PEOPLE Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at ...

How Does Epidiolex Work for Seizures? Seizures are caused by sudden electrical activity changes in the brain. These changes are temporary but result in changes in movement, behavior, sensation, or ...

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A neurologist shares her thoughts and research about “ecstatic epilepsy” in a wide-ranging conversation on how we perceive the world—and create the world we perceive Jo Marchant - Correspondent People ...