While generalized seizures cause convulsions, epilepsy includes other types like absence seizures (brief awareness lapses), ...

A 21-year-old man, who had been suffering from epilepsy for 10 years, was finally cured of the neurological disease after an ...

Investigators in the laboratory of Gemma Carvill, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology Division of Epilepsy/Clinical Neurophysiology, have discovered novel ...

Purple Day, the international epilepsy awareness day, is today and it encourages people to wear purple and engage in ...

Saniona (OMX: SANION), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announces the initiation of scale-up and manufacturing of toxicology batches for SAN2219, advancing the program toward clinical ...

UK-based GW Pharmaceuticals’ Epidiolex looks on course for approval in the US, after a panel of FDA experts unanimously backed it as a treatment for two rare forms of epilepsy. The FDA's ...

LGS is a rare and severe form of epilepsy that starts in early childhood and is resistant to many treatments. It is thought that around 1-2% of the 60,000 children in England with epilepsy have LGS.

Professionally I am passionate about bringing solutions to people with epilepsy and rare epilepsy syndromes. Personally, I am a fan of history, a lover of great food, and, in large part due to a ...

(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) A team of researchers has developed a new gene therapy for children with Dravet syndrome -- a rare type of epilepsy in children. Dravet syndrome (DS ...

In a groundbreaking advancement for families grappling with the challenges of Dravet syndrome, a rare and life-altering form ...