The AAN’s first-ever functional seizure guideline targets stigma and unnecessary treatment, offering clearer diagnostic steps ...

A seizure is a medical condition that causes abnormal activity and/or body movements after a sudden and uncontrolled disturbance in your brain. Most people associate seizures with a condition called ...

In a recent interview with Glamour magazine, Brooke Shields revealed that she had a full-blown seizure. She said she was “frothing at the mouth, totally blue, trying to swallow my tongue.” This is ...

Absence seizure: Also known as "dialeptic seizure" or "petit mal seizure," a seizure that causes a brief loss of awareness. During an absence seizure, the person stops any activity and stares blankly.

Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, previously known as pseudoseizures, usually have a psychological cause. They are different from epilepsy and do not involve changes to electrical impulses in the ...

New recommendations focused on psychological intervention may help manage or reduce the impact of functional seizures.

A convulsion is an episode in which you experience rigidity and uncontrolled muscle spasms along with altered consciousness. The spasms cause jerky motions that generally last a minute or two.

Witnessing someone with epilepsy having a seizure can be truly frightening. But most seizures aren't an emergency. They stop on their own with no permanent ill effects. There are simple steps you can ...

Share on Pinterest CBD may not only help to reduce seizure-related symptoms in people with epilepsy, research shows. Rowena Naylor/Stocksy United Cannabidiol (CBD) has been approved for use in the ...

In the oral argument of Torres v. Madrid on Wednesday, the justices tried out all the tools of constitutional interpretation as they worked through the meaning of the critical Fourth Amendment term, ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday expanded the Constitution’s protection against an “unreasonable seizure,” ruling that a person who is shot by a police officer may sue, even if he or she was ...