This week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Sarah Schmitt about epilepsy and common triggers that may initiate a seizure in ...

African woman sleeping in her bed. Young woman sleeping in her bed in the morning at home. While there has recently been a surge in research regarding the complex relationship between sleep and ...

The more scientists research how we sleep, the more they discover how important sleeping is to our overall health and ...

A case-control study finds altered sleep events and characteristics exhibited in elderly patients with epilepsy compared to younger patients with epilepsy, as well as those without. Elderly patients ...

LOS ANGELES — Individuals with both uncontrolled epilepsy and sleep apnea are at significantly higher risk for mortality than those with epilepsy alone, according to a new analysis of over 2 million ...

boy laying in bed The comorbid presence of central apnea has been identified by multiple researchers as predictive of SUDEP. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) has an estimated incidence rate ...

Sleeping patterns and stress hormones could be the key to understanding how and when people with epilepsy are likely to experience seizures, a new study reveals. Researchers used mathematical modeling ...

Researchers developed a novel “closed-loop” system that delivered electrical pulses in a brain region to synchronize brain activity recorded from another region in the brain to improve memory. Among ...

Sleeping patterns and stress hormones could be the key to understanding how and when people with epilepsy are likely to experience seizures, according to a study published in PLoS Computational ...

For centuries, people have blamed the full moon for stirring up madness. Folklore suggested that its glow could spark mania ...

European epilepsy drug sulthiame could be an effective treatment for sleep apnea, a new study suggests. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News A European epilepsy drug could be an effective treatment for ...