Epilepsy is when the brain has an electrical misfire that causes multiple seizures. And depending on where the misfire takes place, the seizure will have different effects, such as freezing you or ...

More than three million people in the U.S. suffer from epilepsy, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About one-third of people with epilepsy don't respond to medications used ...

Over 10 million people with epilepsy qualify as surgical candidates worldwide, with 1.4 million new potential surgical ...

A new advance from Carnegie Mellon University researchers could reshape how clinicians identify the brain regions responsible ...

Ten years ago, a landmark clinical trial in Canada demonstrated the unequivocal effectiveness of brain surgeries for treating uncontrolled epilepsy, but since then the procedure has not been widely ...

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 ...

Taylor Hyma's journey from enduring drug-resistant epilepsy to becoming seizure-free after brain surgery highlights hope and ...

In the 58% of patients who became seizure-free in a randomized trial, [3] quality of life, employment status and school attendance improved. There were no deaths, although 1 patient in the control ...

Alex Cella had long dreamed of becoming a police officer, but seizures stood in his way. He underwent brain surgery to break through.

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 ...

Epilepsy surgery is the standard of care for focal drug-resistant epilepsy, but it is underutilized. Knowledge gaps and attitudes toward epilepsy surgery are partly responsible, and a new study ...

In findings that raise a variety of questions about how our brains work, and even about the nature of consciousness, UC Santa Barbara researchers and ...