A multicenter cohort study explores how the timing of ASM withdrawal after epilepsy surgery may influence seizure relapse and ...

Children of mothers who took certain anti-seizure medications while pregnant do not have worse neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 6, according to a long-running study. Children of mothers who took ...

Two common antiseizure medications, lamotrigine and levetiracetam, are safe to use during pregnancy, according to a Stanford Medicine-led study. The research, which was published online Nov. 25 in ...

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 is one of the most common neurological disorders in the world. According to the World Health Organization, around 50 ...

Epilepsy is a common but complex neurological disorder that impacts millions of people worldwide. It occurs when groups of neurons in the brain send abnormal signals, leading to seizures. These ...

A study found that most individuals diagnosed with focal epilepsy take over a year and more than one medication to be free of seizures. The study, led by researchers from the U.S. and Australia and ...

It takes about a year for people with focal epilepsy to start finding some relief from anti-seizure medications, a new study says. In all, 3 of 5 epilepsy patients (60%) do achieve freedom from ...

LOS ANGELES — The median cost of brand-name anti-seizure medications (ASMs) in the United States almost doubled from 2013 to 2023, whereas generic ASM prices declined over the same period, results of ...

Dr. Lara Basovic: A 41-year-old man was admitted to the epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU) of this hospital because of seizures. When the patient was 4 years of age, his mother noticed an episode of ...