Medication has long been the cornerstone of treatment for people with epilepsy, but it doesn't stop seizures for everyone and ...

Many people have experienced side effects when stopping ASMs. Hear from the epilepsy community and gain tips to help you through medication changes.

Focal treatment-resistant epilepsy improves over time, but seizure reduction appears to be unrelated to specific medications ...

SEATTLESEATTLE — Though Genette Hofmann is still using her brain, last month she donated a bit of it — to science. Hofmann needed the surgery — her Seattle surgeon was looking deep into her brain, ...

Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain that affects the nervous system. Epilepsy causes abnormal electrical activity in the brain, which leads to seizures. There are many types of seizure medication, all ...

Results from a study published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology may help explain why cannabidiol—a chemical component of marijuana with no psychoactive properties—reduces the frequency ...

June 1, 2009 -- A drug with potential to prevent epilepsy caused by a genetic condition may also help prevent more common forms of epilepsy caused by brain injury, according to researchers at ...

New results may help explain why cannabidiol -- a chemical component of marijuana with no psychoactive properties -- reduces the frequency of seizures in patients with a severe form of epilepsy.