About 150,000 new cases of epilepsy are confirmed in the U.S. each year. But the cause of epilepsy – a neurological condition that causes seizures – remains unknown for 6 out of 10 people. Scientists ...

Since 1975, the ADD program has been testing and identifying antiseizure drugs for the nearly one-third of people with epilepsy that is refractory to current medications. The University of Utah ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke Medicine researchers have identified a receptor in the nervous system that may be key to preventing epilepsy following a prolonged period of seizures. Their findings from studies ...

For patients with arterial hypertension, treatment with an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) may help protect against epilepsy, results from a large retrospective study show. Investigators found that ...

A joint Israeli-American study has identified a drug that could prevent changes in the brain that lead to epilepsy after brain trauma. For people who suffer severe head injuries, there’s good news and ...

A team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, UC Berkeley and Charité-Universitätsmedizin in Berlin, Germany, have determined that the blood-pressure drug ...

It’s not always possible to prevent seizures. If you have epilepsy, take your prescribed anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) as directed by a doctor. If AEDs don’t work, a doctor may recommend an implanted ...

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. A drug with potential to prevent epilepsy caused by ...

It was Easter 2003, and something was wrong with Kimberly Taube. She hadn’t contacted her sister, who had been cooking a family dinner and was waiting for Taube to check in. Multiple phone calls to ...

On Tuesday, January 27 at 10am Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam will host the Epilepsy Foundation of Virginia’s annual Use A Helmet, Prevent Epilepsy reception at his office in Richmond.(102 Governor Street, ...

Researchers have identified a receptor in the nervous system that may be key to preventing epilepsy following a prolonged period of seizures. Their findings from studies in mice provide a molecular ...

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 ...