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 ...

Medication has long been the cornerstone of treatment for people with epilepsy, but it doesn't stop seizures for everyone and ...

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 ...

Surgical intervention may offer substantial seizure reduction and functional benefits for individuals with ASD and drug-resistant epilepsy.

Studies suggest natural language processing (NLP) is an effective tool in identifying candidates for epilepsy surgery. A review of 6 studies found natural language processing (NLP) showed ...

MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Epilepsy is the most common chronic brain disease, with nearly 3 million adults in the U.S. diagnosed. Epilepsy can be disruptive, dangerous and terrifying. But, there is a way for ...

Investigators found that surgical intervention for epilepsy improves social functioning and increases the likelihood a patient will be free of seizures. Surgical treatment for epilepsy leads to ...

Medication has long been the cornerstone of treatment for people with epilepsy, but it doesn’t stop seizures for everyone and ...

Structural lesions associated with epilepsy were better visualized on pTx than circularly polarized MRI in 57% of adult surgical candidates. HealthDay News — Parallel transmit (pTx) 7 Tesla (T) ...

Andrew N. Wilner, MD: Welcome to Medscape. I'm Dr Andrew Wilner and today I have the pleasure of speaking with Dr Barbara Jobst. Dr Jobst is an epileptologist and professor of neurology at Dartmouth ...

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 ...