Barcelona, Spain, 1 September 2009: The REVISE Study (Reveal in the Investigation of Syncope and Epilepsy) found that 1 in 8 adult patients in the United Kingdom, previously thought to be suffering ...

In these patients, epileptic seizures cannot be controlled by medication. For them, one potential therapy is the neurosurgical resection of the brain area where seizures start. Nevertheless, various ...

Leuven, Belgium - Physicians in Belgium are warning colleagues about a misdiagnosis they say may be relatively common, particularly among young patients, but easily prevented with electrophysiological ...

Epilepsy is the most common serious neurological disorder in the elderly after stroke and dementia. It may be more important for elderly people because it is intermittent and unpredictable. There is ...

St. Louis, October 29, 2007 — For some epilepsy patients, the side effects of epilepsy can be as troubling as the seizures. One pressing concern is the cognitive impairment seizures often inflict, ...

Seizures are sudden, uncontrolled CNS discharges, often without triggers, causing immediate unconsciousness, facial changes, frothing, and post-event disorientation. Syncope is brief fainting due to ...

Investigators working at Gladstone Institutes reported new insights into sleep disturbances and seizures that can be a late consequence of even mild traumatic brain injuries (TBI), and how we may one ...

Doctors remove part of woman's brain to treat seizures induced by Sean Paul song Jan. 19, 2008 — -- Stacey Gayle really liked dancehall reggae artist Sean Paul's music, but it turned out one of ...