Partial Epilepsy News Today

An automated AI model trained to read EEGs in patients with suspected epilepsy is just as accurate as trained neurologists, new data suggests.

A significant number of epilepsy patients turn to nonmedical cannabis for seizure control, often without their physicians knowledge, new research shows.

Prenatal exposure to high-dose folic acid is associated with a greater than twofold increased risk for cancer in children of mothers with epilepsy, according to Scandinavian registry data.

Patients with epilepsy can lessen the risk by not going outside or by using an air filtration system when carbon monoxide levels are elevated.

Seizure phobia occurs in nearly one third of people with epilepsy, but is mainly associated with variables not related to epilepsy, new research suggests.

Compared to moderate coffee consumption, high coffee intake is associated with increased risk for a specific seizure type in patients with epilepsy, but so is low consumption.

Resting-state data from stereotactic-electroencephalography makes it possible to localize seizure foci while seizures are not occurring.

Although its not clear what effect higher levels of brain aging may have on older patients, "it will be important to pay close attention" to their day-to-day functional status, researchers note.

Obese patients who received weight loss surgery have a significantly increased risk of developing epilepsy, new research suggests.

Delays in diagnosis of focal epilepsy are greater after nonmotor seizures, especially in children in comparison with adults, new research suggests.