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Sleep disorders in people with epilepsy are linked to a significantly increased risk for sudden unexplained death in epilepsy and all-cause mortality, new research shows.

Researchers examined the combined patient-years of seizure and developmental histories in individuals with disorders related to the STXBP1 gene.

Kalie and Oscar Sharp have slammed TUI after their niece nearly died when they couldn't find any lifeguards as she started drowning at a hotel pool in the Canary Islands

The association between local wake slow waves (LoWS) and cognitive processing.

Mounting research links poverty and other elements of neighborhood deprivation to worse cognition in people with epilepsy.

A man walking around a room wearing a helmet that records his brain function would have seemed like science fiction five years ago.

Adolescents seen in epilepsy clinics are more likely to have eating disorders than those without epilepsy, suggests a first-of-its-kind study analyzing youth with both conditions.

Memory deficits in individuals with epilepsy, especially cognitive difficulties, might partially stem from the transient impairments caused by these slow waves.

Slow waves that usually only occur in the brain during sleep are also present during wakefulness in people with epilepsy and may protect against increased brain excitability associated with the condition, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL.

The study shows that slow waves present in the brain can protect against epilepsys heightened brain excitability. | Health