As the world congregates to commemorate Epilepsy Awareness Day or Purple Day, today, we cannot afford to overlook the reality that video games have repeatedly been linked to seizures and even epilepsy ...

Epilepsy seizures can be triggered when a natural braking system meant to control brain activity goes awry, researchers found. The discovery could open the door to new treatments. Researchers at the ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A common gene that can cause abnormal heart rhythms can also trigger epileptic seizures in the brain and may explain the sudden, unexplained deaths that often occur in people with ...

Liza Bec almost saw their career end when they were diagnosed with music-triggered epilepsy. Named musicogenic epilepsy, the rare condition is believed to affect one in 10 million people. Determined ...

Eric Schumacher had to become much more aware about how he conducted his day after being diagnosed with epilepsy at age 19. For the last 20 years, Schumacher has kept detailed paper records about how ...