Grace Hinchman was a healthy 20-year-old college athlete when she suddenly developed epilepsy — an ordeal that made it difficult for her to talk, walk or know where she was. Doctors called her case ...

In a recent study, genetic mutations of the KCNQ2 potassium ion channel were identified in 8/80 (10%) of children with early infantile seizures and associated psychomotor retardation. [1] Seizures ...

Takeda and Ovid’s epilepsy drug topped placebo at reducing seizure frequency in children with rare, genetic forms of epilepsy, topline phase 2 data show. The drug performed better in Dravet syndrome ...

My first meaningful experience with epilepsy was when I joined UCB nearly 16 years ago. I believe timing is everything. I spent my first 72 hours with the company, over a weekend, learning from the ...

Dravet syndrome can affect sleep quality as well as other factors not directly related to epilepsy. Certain medications may be to blame for sleep disturbances in patients with DS. Poor sleep quality ...

The term “epilepsy” takes its origin from the Greek verb έπιλαµβάνειν, or epilambánein, which means “to be taken hold of”, “to be seized” or “to be attacked”. Hippocrates (400 BC) was the first to ...

Epilepsy is not a one size fits all condition and there are a few tell tale signs that parents could miss, said Dr Jonathan ...

According to new research more than half of children with refractory epilepsy treated with felbamate remain on therapy for at least one year without treatment failure, and contemporary use ...

In a historic first, today the FDA approved the first ever drug containing an active ingredient derived naturally from cannabis for the treatment of two rare, serious childhood epilepsy syndromes; ...

Each of us is the product of our own unique combination of identities, experiences, and interests, ultimately informing, or at a minimum influencing, our perspectives on different virtues. This is ...