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 ...

According to the CDC, 1 in 10 people may have a seizure during their lifetime. That means seizures are common, and one day you might need to help someone during or after a seizure.

"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 ...

November is Epilepsy Awareness Month, when awareness is raised for a condition that impacts nearly three million adults in the U.S.That's one percent of all adults, while nearly 500,000 kids in the ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Is there such thing as a walking seizure? The reason I ask is because my husband was out of his Keppra medicine, and he experienced what I would say was sleepwalking ... or maybe a ...

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 ...

Having epilepsy was something I never expected. Like most people diagnosed with a chronic condition, I just wanted to live a normal life. But epilepsy doesn’t always allow for normal. It interrupts; ...