To diagnose complex partial seizures in the elderly patient with AD, look for such stereotypy as staring for brief periods, increased confusion lasting minutes rather than hours, observable ...

Moving forward The CDC reports that one in 100 U.S. adults has active epilepsy, and studies suggest that one third of these are not receiving adequate treatment or care. 30 Although this recent report ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Elderly patients represent the most rapidly growing cohort of the epilepsy population,” Rohit Marawar, MD, ...

Eliminating senescent brain cells in animal models showed seizure reduction and cognitive improvement potential.

If you have a first seizure as an adult, it could be an indication of epilepsy, or it may be an isolated episode. Causes in adults include a stroke, head trauma, alcohol withdrawal, brain tumor, or ...

Levetiracetam reduces tonic-clonic seizures by over 77% in clinical studies. Ethosuximide is highly effective for absence seizures, especially in children. Valproate remains the gold standard for ...

Epilepsy in the elderly is common, although the figures given by large epidemiological studies are likely to be an overestimate owing to the inherent difficulties in the clinical diagnosis of epilepsy ...