“It’s all about the brain,” said Jennifer DeWolfe, D.O., professor in the UAB Department of Neurology. “Seizure manifestations are stereotyped, so the same symptoms occur with each seizure that ...

Isla Ritchie describes her absence seizures as standing on her tiptoes to peek through a tiny window. Everything looks white, except for a small light, and five minutes feels like an eternity. Ritchie ...

Absence seizure, formerly known as petit mal seizure, is a type of short seizure that usually causes a person to briefly lose focus, stare into space, and lose awareness of their surroundings. These ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although doctors sometimes prescribe anti-seizure drugs to treat chronic pain in the vulva, just a handful of low-quality studies have examined the drugs' effects, ...

Nocturnal seizures often cause symptoms like spasms, grunting, and breathing difficulties while sleeping. Increasing sleep by 90 minutes can decrease your seizure risk by 27% over 48 hours.

When taken together, the pain medication tramadol and certain antidepressants may raise seizure risk in older adults, according to a new study. Researchers studied people living in nursing homes ...

Researchers have developed light-activated derivatives of the anti-seizure drug carbamazepine to treat neuropathic pain in rats. A new study based at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia ...