For the most part, only grand mal seizures lasting longer than three minutes warrant emergency care. 29 A seizure that causes breathing to stop for longer than 30 seconds requires the administration ...

Shobi Sivathamboo receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. She is affiliated with The International League Against Epilepsy SUDEP Task Force. When 20-year-old Disney Channel star ...

Risk increased with living alone, three or more generalized convulsive seizures in the previous year, longer postictal central apnea.

Epilepsy patients who experience breathing interruptions after a seizure may be at a higher risk of sudden unexpected death later in life, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston. The study, ...

Post-hoc analysis from open-label Phase 3 study shows treatment with cenobamate led to a reduction of concomitant anti-seizure medications (ASMs) while maintaining ≥50% and 100% seizure reduction ...

When older adults living in nursing homes are prescribed the pain medicine tramadol alongside certain antidepressants, their ...

When older adults living in nursing homes are prescribed the pain medicine tramadol alongside certain antidepressants, their risk of seizures may go up, according to a study published in Neurology.

Vulnerable patients with epilepsy and learning disabilities have been left at an "increased risk" of premature death because ...

Since 1983, eight new AEDs have been introduced (see Table 2 below). Sadly, a recent VA study of more than 21,000 subjects aged 65 years and older revealed that 80% were being treated with ...