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As a toddler, 17-year-old Cara Whitaker of Toledo was diagnosed with Dravet Syndrome, a rare, genetic form of epilepsy.

Seizures in patients with newly diagnosed focal epilepsy often continue for more than a year after starting treatment, a new study suggests.

The first step in treatment of seizures is to try to identify the cause and remove it. A few people may be candidates for special surgery -- temporal lobectomy -- to control seizures.

Antiseizure medications help the majority of people with focal epilepsy, a common form of the neurological disorder. Yet most ...

NIH awards $2.8M to Rutgers, Stevens, Emory research group to develop next-gen implantable devices for epilepsy treatment.

Magnetic seizure therapy was as effective as ECT for bipolar mania, with fewer adverse effects on language abilities.

A new form of gene therapy designed to treat the most treatment-resistant form of childhood epilepsy appears to reduce seizures in mice.

Epilepsy is a condition involving recurrent seizures. In most cases, it is treatable using one or multiple antiepileptic drugs.

Researchers report that a new gene therapy can significantly reduce seizures in mice.

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A surgical treatment commonly used to reduce epileptic seizures in adults also is effective and safe for children, according to a Rutgers study.