August 7, 2008 (Updated with commentary August 11, 2008) — Results of a new multistate study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that some 1 in 100 adults in the United States ...

A surgical treatment commonly used to reduce epileptic seizures in adults also is effective and safe for children, according to a new study. The study is one of the first to investigate responsive ...

Many older adults with newly diagnosed epilepsy in the United States are being prescribed older anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs), and only half begin treatment with AEDs within the first 30 days of a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with epilepsy who initiated any osteoporosis drug therapy had a lower 3-year mortality risk compared with ...

Veterans who develop epilepsy following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) face a higher risk of death than veterans with ...

Focal-onset seizures (FOSs) are the most common type of seizure experienced by epileptic individuals. A recent randomized control trial published in JAMA Neurology evaluated the effect of a novel ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Epilepsy was not a significant factor among adults who had been hospitalized for attempted suicide, according to ...

Moving forward The CDC reports that one in 100 U.S. adults has active epilepsy, and studies suggest that one third of these are not receiving adequate treatment or care. 30 Although this recent report ...