DENVER (CBS4) - When Anna Smith was in 7th grade she developed nocturnal epilepsy. "I was having grand mal seizures while I was sleeping, sometimes multiple at night, and it just wreaked havoc on my ...

Cognitive Deficits for Chemo-Treated Breast Cancer Patients Increased room-sharing, cosleeping linked to child sleep problems, impaired parental sleep quality (HealthDay News) – Parents of children ...

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A cause of death has finally been confirmed four years after a 20-year-old died suddenly in his bedroom. Joshua Owen, who had been due to serve in the Royal Navy, was extremely fit and healthy but had ...

Deeper sleep and slower heart rate following seizures may work synergistically to increase the risk for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), new research suggests. Investigators analyzed data ...

Scientists have used a cannabis-based drug to reduce seizures in children with a rare form of epilepsy, according to a new study. The participants involved in the study had Dravet syndrome, a form of ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In models accounting for demographics, hypertension, stroke and more, hypoxemia and sleep apnea were linked to ...

It’s estimated that more than 3,000 people in the U.S. with epilepsy die from Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) each year, making it the most common reason for death among epileptics. Shown ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Monitors that continuously measure sugar levels under the skin can alert diabetics when levels fall too low during sleep and awaken them before a seizure occurs, according ...

HEWITT, Texas (KWTX) - A local teenager with epilepsy who had her prom for those with disabilities cut short Friday after suffering a seizure on the dancefloor before she was crowned prom queen was ...