Epilepsy & Seizures
Commentary
Topiramate
Conference Coverage
Pediatric epilepsy linked to Axis I psychiatric disorders
Key clinical point: Axis I psychiatric disorders in children with recent-onset epilepsy occur at significantly higher rates than in healthy...
Video
Katherine Nickels, MD
At the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Dr. Nickels described four recently approved medications for focal epilepsy.
Audio
Gary Palmer, MD, and Kenneth Lowenberg
The Epilepsy Foundation and Eisai Inc. collaborated on a national survey of epilepsy patients and caregivers. Gary Palmer and Kenneth Lowenberg...
News
Pediatric psychogenic seizures linked to anxiety, depression
Key clinical point: Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures are associated with more medical, neurologic, and psychiatric diagnoses. Major finding:...
News
Memory problems more common in psychogenic nonepileptic seizures plus PTSD
Key clinical point: Individuals with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and PTSD have worse memory problems and higher rates of substance abuse....
Literature Review
Twin Study Confirms Genetic Basis of Several Epilepsy Syndromes
News
Quality of life of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy in adulthood may be better than thought
Key clinical point: Patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy generally have a long-term quality-of-life that is generally equal to or better than...
News
Adjunctive VNS therapy helps children with drug-resistant epilepsy
Key clinical point: Adjunctive vagus nerve stimulation therapy in children with drug-resistant epilepsy reduces seizures. Major finding: At 12...
News
AEDs perform largely the same in reducing secondary generalized tonic-clonic seizures
Key clinical point: Add-on therapy with AEDs may reduce the risk of secondary generalized tonic-clonic seizures in patients with drug-resistant...
News
Epileptic seizures after vaccination usually have genetic causes
Key clinical point: Underlying causes exist for most epilepsies first presenting after vaccination. Major finding: 65% of children have...