Collin May was a terrific 17-year-old who yearned for independence, adult responsibilities and driving privileges just like any other teen. But with 20 seizures a day, these goals were problematic.

Samantha Harney's son Trevor, 14, has epilepsy. He was having seizures at least every other day, and wasn't responding to medications. After a brain surgery, he's able to pursue his dream of becoming ...

Children with drug-resistant epilepsy who are Black or insured through Medicaid may be less likely than white and privately insured patients to receive surgical treatments that can end or minimize ...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There is new hope for epilepsy patients. A new study shows that patients who had brain surgery and continued drug therapy, had a lower risk of seizures during the second year of ...

YORKTOWN, Va. - Red emergency lights flickering on the driveway became an all too familiar sight for the Van Cleave family. Having upwards of eight seizures a night, sometimes a trip to the emergency ...

The prevailing medical understanding of seizures in the weeks just after epilepsy surgery is that they are likely to be temporary, probably due to swelling or minor trauma suffered by the brain during ...

For medication-resistant epileptics, surgery is often the only way to stop seizures. However, for those with frontal lobe epilepsy, sometimes surgery doesn’t ensure the seizures stop. A new study has ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — A 4-year-old Oklahoma girl is the first in the state to have a life-saving surgery. Her family is extra thankful for Thanksgiving this year. Aria Groover has a rare genetic ...

Weight-loss surgery can change a person's life and health, but new research warns it might also come with a slight risk of developing epilepsy. People who had the surgery had a 45% relative increased ...

Medications can cause mood problems, fatigue, or problems with thinking for some people. I see this as an alternative because it doesn't cause those side effects. A experimental device that delivers ...

People who have had bariatric surgery may have an increased risk of developing epilepsy, according to a study published in the September 28, 2022, online issue of Neurology ®, the medical journal of ...

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