There are foods you may want to avoid if you have epilepsy. Specialized diets, such as the ketogenic diet, have been shown to help improve seizure control in people with epilepsy. While not every ...

The scar above Brandon Kopp’s right eye tells the story of how far he’s come. Kopp was 3 years old when he suffered one of a seemingly endless series of seizures. His head struck the corner of a table ...

Are you interested in adopting new heart-healthy recipes? If you pick up a DASH diet cookbook, you can discover dozens that are low-sodium and full of flavor. The DASH diet is designed around ...

Pairing a low-carbohydrate diet with typical epilepsy medications can reduce seizures in people with drug-resistant epilepsy by 50 per cent. After six months, more than 26 per cent of those on the low ...

Adding a modified Atkins diet (MAD) to standard anti-seizure treatments significantly reduces seizure frequency in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy compared with medication alone, new research ...

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder structured into syndromes. This chronic non-communicable brain ailment can affect people of all ages and can be developed at any time of their life. Our brains ...