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January 6, 2017

European Agency Favors Votubia as Adjunct Therapy for Seizures Related to TSC

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion for Novartis’ Votubia (everolimus) dispersible tablets as an adjunctive therapy for patients, ages 2 ... Read more

January 4, 2017

Traditional Chinese Herb, Huperzine A, May Protect Against Epileptic Seizures

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A naturally occurring compound found in the club moss Huperzia serrata and often used in traditional Chinese medicine called huperzine A can increase resistance to induced seizures in mouse models ... Read more

December 21, 2016

Absence of Select Protein, eEF2K, Seen to Protect Against Epileptic Seizures in Early Study

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The forced elimination of a protein, called eEF2K, may affect the brain’s ability to draw on certain memories, but that lack may also protect against epileptic seizures, according to research published in ... Read more

December 19, 2016

PAUSE Program Helps to Bring Personalized Care to Epilepsy Patients

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People with epilepsy who want to learn how to better manage their symptoms can now receive personalized information via a tablet computer through a research project at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The ... Read more

December 16, 2016December 16, 2016

Fasting May Help to Prevent Seizures by Calming Nervous System, Early Study Suggests

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Reducing calorie intake, or fasting, may help decrease the frequency of seizures in people with epilepsy by calming overexcited neurons in the brain, early research suggests. “Our findings suggest that one of the reasons that ... Read more

December 14, 2016December 14, 2016

Epileptic Seizures While Driving and the Risk of Crashes Are Research Focus

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Epilepsy patients taking part in a simulated driving experiment confirmed that longer seizures are linked to a greater risk of a car crash. Hal Blumenfeld, PhD, director of the Yale Clinical ... Read more

December 7, 2016

GW Pharmaceuticals Presents Positive Results of Cannabidiol Epidiolex at Epilepsy Confab

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GW Pharmaceuticals recently presented positive results from two Phase 3 clinical trials evaluating its lead cannabidiol therapeutic candidate, Epidiolex, in patients with lennox-gastaut syndrome (LGS) and Dravet syndrome (DS), two treatment-resistant ... Read more

December 5, 2016

Link Established Between Mothers with RA and Children with Epilepsy

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Researchers have published results suggesting a newly found link between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in mothers of babies who later develop epilepsy. The research paper is available online in the latest ... Read more

December 2, 2016

Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans with Epilepsy Have Much Higher Mortality Risk, Study Finds

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U.S. war veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and who also have epilepsy, have a mortality risk twice that of veterans without epilepsy, according to recent research. The study ... Read more

November 30, 2016

Whole Brain is Involved in Absence Seizures, Unlike Previously Assumed, Study Shows

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The whole brain is involved in absence seizures, a common type of epilepsy usually affecting children, according to a study published in the leading medical journal The Lancet Neurology. This ... Read more