A new study finds that one-third of patients admitted to the epilepsy unit are not actually suffering from epileptic seizures: they’re suffering from stress. As if we weren’t already stressed out ...
When a superyacht worth $230 million pulled into the port of Everett, Washington, for repairs last month, it made a big splash in the city of 110,000 residents. The 106-meter luxury behemoth known as ...
Febrile seizures are the most common type of developmental seizures, affecting up to 5% of children. Experimental complex febrile seizures involving the immature rat hippocampus led to a persistent ...
The brain is a complex organ that produces all kinds of physical and emotional effects on your body. Sometimes, emotional trauma or psychological stress can trigger physical symptoms. When this ...
GlaxoSmithKline announced that the FDA has approved Lamictal XR (lamotrigine extended-release tablets) for conversion to monotherapy in patients ≥13 years with partial seizures taking one ...
The federal government’s latest effort to ban conversion therapy in Canada would let courts authorize the seizure or removal of online content advertising the discredited practice. The new bill, ...
The symptoms you experience during a seizure will depend on the cause of your seizure and where it’s occurred in your brain. A partial onset seizure affects only a part of your brain. And there are ...
A seizure occurs when there is abnormal electrical activity in the brain. There are different types of seizures depending on where and how much brain activity is affected. If someone is seizing make ...