Epilepsy can cost you your job, relationships, and even your life - and it affects over 600,000 people in the UK.

Epilepsy is one of the most common serious brain conditions: nearly 52 million people were living with epilepsy in 2021, according to a new study from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries ...

Some things make seizures more likely for some people with epilepsy. These are often called ‘triggers’. Triggers don’t cause epilepsy. But if you already have epilepsy, they make seizures more likely.

19, 2025 — New research focuses on diagnostic delays experienced by people ... Later in Life Jan. 22, 2025 — Researchers demonstrated that individuals who had childhood epilepsy have an ...

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More than 45,000 people ... life almost as if I didn’t have it. "My pregnancies changed it for me, but other than that, I’ve a pretty good life.” Julia recalled how she was five years ...

More than 20% of newborns who have seizures wind up developing epilepsy by age 22, compared with a little over 1% of newborns without seizures, Danish researchers found. “The risk of epilepsy was ...

I had only heard of tonic-clonic seizures (where people ... am unlikely to have a seizure. It was during this time I met my fiancé who helped me maintain a positive outlook on life.

Most children and young people will continue to have seizures into adult life. However, they will often have fewer seizures as they get older. Most people with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome will continue to ...

Epilepsy in children is treatable, with medicines controlling seizures in most cases, says Dr. Pradnya Gadgil. Early diagnosis and adherence to treatments are crucial. Epilepsy surgery and special ...

The researchers found that drug seizures in San Francisco were associated with a substantial increase in fatal opioid ...