Benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy (BAFME), alternatively named familial adult myoclonic epilepsy 1/familial cortical myoclonic tremor with epilepsy 1 (FAME1/FCMTE1), is a hereditary epileptic ...

Do not start sodium valproate for the first time in people (male or female) younger than 55 years, unless 2 specialists independently agree and document that there is no other effective and tolerated ...

Older adults who have a heart attack may be more likely to develop epilepsy later in life, according to a study published in Neurology. While the study shows a link between these conditions, it does ...

A 25-year follow-up study reveals that 68% of patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) became seizure-free, with nearly 30% no longer needing antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment. A 25-year ...

Adults with frontotemporal dementia are at increased risk of seizures, per a study from the University of California, San Francisco. The study analyzed 239 people meeting criteria of frontotemporal ...

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a type of epilepsy that starts in in childhood or the teen years. People who have it wake up from sleep with quick, jerking movements of their arms and legs. These ...