PHILADELPHIA — The next phase of personalized medicine in epilepsy may be therapy that is tested and targeted to the specific genetic mutation causing an individual's seizure disorder. A new genetic ...

A new form of gene therapy designed to treat the most treatment-resistant form of childhood epilepsy appears to reduce seizures in mice. In a research article published Dec. 14 in Brain, researchers ...

The seizures of around one-third of people with epilepsy are resistant to available medicines — a statistic that haunts neurology. It has been this way for decades. The medicines have got better by ...

HOUSTON – One in three people with epilepsy cannot control their seizures with medication. Tiffany Penn, a mother of three, was one of them. "I have spoken with all of them and said seizures look ...

Neurona Therapeutics and UCSF researchers have developed and characterized a cell therapy alternative to treat drug-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE), the most common type of focal ...

London-based medical device manufacturer LivaNova has announced FDA approval of its most recent Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy (VNS Therapy) System, which will be the smallest and lightest responsive ...

Researchers have found that cognitive behavioral therapy can reduce the frequency of seizures in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, along with improving their overall quality of life.

A pair of studies will offer insights into the therapeutic effects of specialized diets in adults with epilepsy. Researchers have long known that dietary therapy, in conjunction with a regimen of anti ...

Chicago, IL, November 10, 2009 - NeuroTherapeutics Pharma, Inc., or NTP, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapies for central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced ...

A new type of laser therapy is safe and effective for children with drug-resistant epilepsy, new research suggests. In a study of nearly 150 children, more than half of those who received MRI-guided ...

The burden of Epilepsy care and management has gradually shifted from lack of knowledge and information to the gap in treatment. While Epilepsy is manageable and treatable, it requires a ...