Epilepsy in the elderly is common, although the figures given by large epidemiological studies are likely to be an overestimate owing to the inherent difficulties in the clinical diagnosis of epilepsy ...

Moving forward The CDC reports that one in 100 U.S. adults has active epilepsy, and studies suggest that one third of these are not receiving adequate treatment or care. 30 Although this recent report ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A national study from Case Western Reserve University mapping epilepsy rates among older adults found that in Northeast Ohio, epilepsy cases were highest in Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, ...

A recent retrospective study by Vossel and colleagues [2] covering a 5-year period (2007-2012) reported on 12 patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and 35 patients with Alzheimer ...

Among over 27,000 participants, new-onset CVEs were more likely in those with epilepsy than those without (adjusted OR 2.20, 95% CI 1.48-3.27), with the relative contribution to this association ...

Autoimmune epilepsy is a newly defined group of conditions characterized by recurrent seizures associated with autoimmunity. Cancer and infections are two potential triggers. Epilepsy is a seizure ...

Strokes and seizures are distinct neurological events impacting brain function. Strokes result from blood flow disruption, causing potential permanent damage, while seizures stem from abnormal ...

People with temporal lobe epilepsy in particular often wander around aimlessly and unconsciously after a seizure. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn, and the ...

Since 1983, eight new AEDs have been introduced (see Table 2 below). Sadly, a recent VA study of more than 21,000 subjects aged 65 years and older revealed that 80% were being treated with ...