Epilepsy News

West syndrome is an age-dependent epilepsy with onset peak in the first year of life whose aetiology may be symptomatic or cryptogenic.

Q: I have epilepsy and was well-controlled on Keppra and Topamax for years. When I was switched to generic Keppra without realizing it, I had several seizures in two weeks.

Upsher-Smith Laboratories Successfully Completes Phase III Study of USL255 for Adjunctive Treatment of Epilepsy in Patients With Refractory Partial-Onset Seizures /PRNewswire/ -- Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc.

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The milestone marks the critical first step in the path towards eventually harnessing the transformative power of cognitive computing capabilities, such as IBM Watson, for epilepsy care.

After a new study linked Depakote and other valproate medications taken during pregnancy to an increased risk of autism and autism spectrum disorders, the FDA has decided to put its strongest warning for pregnancy associated complications on the drug, designating it pregnancy class X for migraine prevention, which means that the drug's dangers ... (more)

The Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee and the Lawyers of Brown and Roberto donated nearly 300 bike helmets to elementary students around Knoxville.

Wednesday signed into law Substitute House Bill 1541 adding nasal spray medications to a list of medications able to be administered to school age children in .

Brain implants in the form of microchips may be able to restore memory in the not-so-distant future, researchers say.

GlobalData has released its new PharmaPoint Drug Evaluation report, "Banzel / Inovelon - Forecast and Market Analysis to 2022". Epilepsy is a brain disorder characterized by spontaneously occurring and recurrent seizures.

When most people think of the nervous system, they think of it as a hub of activity.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is inclined to think not. The agency reports that only one in five U.S. adults gets the recommended amount of aerobic and muscle strengthening exercise.

U.S. researchers are hopeful that human trials on a revolutionary memory implant could get underway in the next two years.

The FDA has alerted healthcare providers and patients that medications including and related to valproate sodium can cause decreased IQ scores in children whose mothers took the medication during pregnancy.

The Epilepsy Monitoring Program at Monmouth Medical Center, a Barnabas Health facility, recently received the distinction of a Level 3 designation from the National Association of Epilepsy Centers.

Some migraine medications can cause pregnant mothers to give birth to children with lower intelligence, the federal government is warning.

Coral Reef Senior High School sophomore Alexandra Markovich represented the Epilepsy Foundation of Florida and served as Florida's ambassador during the annual Kids Speak Up! conference, Apr.

Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Present at Antiepileptic Drug and Device Trials XII Conference Highlighting Advances in the Treatment of Epilepsy /PRNewswire/ -- Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Based on small numbers of patients, it is possible to make the following suggestions rather than categorical statements.

More than two million people in the United States suffer from epilepsies, a group of neurological disorders caused by abnormal nerve cell firing in the brain which often produce debilitating seizures.