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MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For the millions of people worldwide living with severe forms of epilepsy, some do not respond to medication and it can be difficult to find lasting relief. Patients ...

A recent retrospective study by Vossel and colleagues [2] covering a 5-year period (2007-2012) reported on 12 patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and 35 patients with Alzheimer ...

Autoimmune epilepsy is a newly defined group of conditions characterized by recurrent seizures associated with autoimmunity. Cancer and infections are two potential triggers. Epilepsy is a seizure ...

The ongoing KYRON Phase Ib/II study will examine the tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and safety of ABS-1230.

The CDC estimates 470,000 children in America live with epilepsy. For nearly half of those kids, multiple drugs and brain surgery have had little to no effect. (KPRC) Epilepsy, one of the most common ...

Slowly and inexorably, Alzheimer’s disease steals a person away. Taking memory and cognitive abilities. Pilfering personality and social skills. Robbing a person of the ability to care for herself.

The prevalence of ASD is higher in children with epilepsy, and co-occurring ASD in epilepsy is associated with an elevated rate of intellectual disability.

Observational data point to a relationship between the vascular system and epilepsy beyond the brain. Among people ages 40 and older, heart attack survivors had a disproportionately greater risk of ...

Children with epilepsy have a higher risk of also having autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A new study in Developmental ...

Professor Paul Nwani, the neurologist at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, is the President of the Nigerian League against Epilepsy. In this interview with Sade Oguntola, he ...