Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Key Takeaways New-onset adult seizures may be due to stroke, high blood sugar, alcohol use or withdrawal, and several other medical conditions.If you had a ...

August 7, 2008 (Updated with commentary August 11, 2008) — Results of a new multistate study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that some 1 in 100 adults in the United States ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Focal cortex stimulation with an implantable device reduced seizure activity in more than 50% of participants at ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A national study from Case Western Reserve University mapping epilepsy rates among older adults found that in Northeast Ohio, epilepsy cases were highest in Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, ...

May 4, 2010 — Lamotrigine is the most effective antiepileptic drug (AED) in older adults with epilepsy, with levetiracetam a close second, according to the results of a retrospective review of 10 AEDs ...

A surgical treatment commonly used to reduce epileptic seizures in adults also is effective and safe for children, according to a new study. The study is one of the first to investigate responsive ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Epilepsy was not a significant factor among adults who had been hospitalized for attempted suicide, according to ...

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 ...