Epilepsy News & Features

The committee recommended that Epidiolex, an oral solution, be approved for treatment of severe, early-onset forms of epilepsy in a small number of patients.

Researchers found that pregnant women with epilepsy who take the drug topiramate during their first trimester  may boost the risk that their child will be born with a cleft lip or cleft palate.

For children with epilepsy who don't find relief from their seizures with medication, a tightly controlled nutrition plan might help, a pair of new studies suggests.

CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) involves wearing an airflow mask over the nose or mouth each night, to help keep the back of the throat open for better breathing.

Cannabidiol not associated with the 'high' of marijuana, researchers report

Cannabidiol appears to lessen 'drop seizures' for some Lennox-Gastaut syndrome patients, study finds

Find out how specialists called neurologists and epileptologists can help diagnose and treat your epilepsy seizures.

Find out whether you should consider joining a study that tests new drugs and devices to treat seizures from epilepsy.

Imaging offers less invasive way to protect regions involved in language and memory, researchers say

Cannabidiol lowered frequency, severity of seizures in trials, but without a 'high'

Small British study says two drugs don't harm a child's mental development, but popular older one does

Digestive disorders, headaches, attention-deficit disorder among the common issues

It also found possible link between fever-related seizures and the behavioral disorder in kids

Will switching to a generic epilepsy medication give you more seizures? WebMD explains.

Expectant mothers should probably avoid the drug, experts say, although study didn't prove cause and effect

Eslicarbazepine may make management easier, safer for people with the disorder, researchers say

Large review found no greater risk of clubfoot, cleft palate, in babies of moms-to-be who used lamotrigine

Three different approaches in development

Early research suggests yes, but laws limit access to the drug and its compounds

By studying brain wave activity, researchers noticed differences in how patients reacted to tunes

Child and adult patients who took cannabidiol had big drop in seizure rates, study found

Researchers see similarities with sudden infant death syndrome

Experts say that controlling seizures may help alleviate other psychiatric symptoms

Coordinated care is essential for reducing death rates, experts say

Regimens seem to cut down on seizures but are hard to stick to long-term, study shows