epilepsy

While David Axelrod is off running President Obama's re-election bid, his wife is waging a campaign of her own: She wants to find a cure for epilepsy.

(MedPage Today) -- Neurosurgery for refractory focal epilepsy leaves half of adults free of seizures for up to 10 years, a prospective study showed.

People with schizophrenia are six times more likely to develop epilepsy, says a study from Taiwan, which found a strong relationship between the two diseases.

(MedPage Today) -- Bioavailability of generic versions of epilepsy drugs was generally similar to that of their branded counterparts, but not so much when supposedly bioequivalent products were compared with each other, researchers said.

The FDA has approved the drug Potiga as an add-on medication to treat partial seizures in adults caused by epilepsy.

Use of newer antiseizure drugs during the first trimester of pregnancy was not associated with an increased risk for major birth defects in one of the largest studies ever to examine the issue.

Epilepsy that is difficult to treat may be more common in those with autism than previously believed, new research suggests.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is warning women of child-bearing age that the epilepsy drug Topamax can increase the risk of birth defects around the mouth....

Researchers who followed 245 children with epilepsy into adulthood found that 24% died over a 40-year period, a rate that was three times higher than expected in the general population.

Breastfeeding while a mother is taking epilepsy drugs does not appear to harm a child's IQ, according to a new study that followed children born to women with epilepsy until age 3.