Feb. 19, 2025 — New research focuses on diagnostic delays experienced by people with epilepsy, a neurological disorder characterized by unpredictable seizures that affects over 3 million people ...

Organized in 1986, the UAB Epilepsy Center is an effort of the Department of Neurology in conjunction with UAB Hospital to offer clinical, research, and education services to patients with epilepsy.

Join the epilepsy community for Purple Day® on March 26, a global initiative to raise epilepsy awareness and support the millions of people living with epilepsy worldwide. Approximately 65 million ...

Further evidence on the source of scalp-recorded N400 effects derives from intracranial recordings collected from surface or depth electrodes on pre-operative epilepsy-surgery candidates.

This group provides a chance to meet other adults living with epilepsy and to make friends and share your experience of others. The group is virtual and meets on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month ...

Hundreds of children with severe epilepsy will be able to benefit from a groundbreaking new treatment on the NHS that could significantly reduce their seizures, providing new hope for them and their ...

Anyone can develop epilepsy, at any time of life. It happens in people of all ages. There are over 600,000 people with epilepsy in the UK. Epilepsy varies greatly and affects everyone differently.

Some people who take epilepsy medicines are at risk of developing osteoporosis. This is a condition that weakens bones, making them more likely to break (fracture). However, some more recent studies ...

If a problem is seen on an MRI that could be linked to your seizures, it can help support a diagnosis of epilepsy. It can also guide your doctors as to which treatments might be best for you. For some ...

Are there links between epilepsy and sleep? The links between epilepsy and sleep are very complex. For some people a lack of sleep can make seizures more likely to happen, for others having seizures ...

Correspondence to Mark Nowell, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Institute of Neurology, Box 29, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, ...