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Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is a form of generalized seizure characterized by sudden jerky movements of both arms and shoulders, usually just after waking up.

It is important that when a dog has a seizure to limit the ability for them to hurt themselves by clearing objects nearby, avoiding stairs, and not reaching for them since they are disoriented.

The result of a rare genetic mutation, Dravet syndrome is an unusual case of epilepsy in children.

For people with drug-resistant epilepsy, having a dog companion trained in detecting seizures and other epilepsy-related tasks may reduce the amount of seizures they have, according to new research published in the February 28, 2024, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

The associations between post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) and the risk of dementia.

Scientists at UC San Francisco may have discovered a new way to test for autism by measuring how children's eyes move when they turn their heads.

Hannah Hiles is one of many epilepsy sufferers experiencing a shortage of drugs such as Tegretol which she relies on to keep seizures as bay and had to get her latest prescription from a pharmacy in London

​For some people, their seizure is a purely internal sensation. To an untrained observer, it may appear as though nothings wrong. In fact, most people with epilepsy have only relatively subtle, nonconvulsive seizures at first, then develop convulsive seizures over time.

For people with drug-resistant epilepsy, having a dog companion trained in detecting seizures and other epilepsy-related tasks may reduce the amount of seizure

CrossFit competitor Jenny LaBaw opened up about epilepsy and is now running across the Rocky Mountains to raise money for the condition.