New research is uncovering how sleep quality after traumatic brain injury (TBI) may be the key to preventing seizures and reducing the risk of post-traumatic epilepsy.

Monitoring patients with severe epilepsy in residential care facilities during the night was associated with a much lower rate of sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP), a new study found. "Our ...

Emerging biomarkers and genetic profiles may help identify patients with high risk for sudden epileptic death.

Comorbid sleep disorders among patients with epilepsy are linked to higher SUDEP risk scores and all-cause mortality.

(HealthDay)—There is limited, very low-certainty evidence of a protective effect for nocturnal supervision against sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), according to a report published online ...

Researchers have uncovered a novel biological pathway that can lead to seizures when disrupted. The findings also provide a ...

‘A vicious cycle’ is the way investigators describe the bidirectional relationship between sleep problems and epilepsy in a recent review article in Archives of Disease in Childhood. 1 "Epilepsy is ...

Sleep and epilepsy interact bidirectionally: disturbed sleep exacerbates seizure frequency and severity, while seizures and antiepileptic therapies disrupt sleep continuity and architecture. Common ...

Sleep apnea and low oxygen levels while sleeping are associated with epilepsy that first occurs after 60 years of age, known as late-onset epilepsy, according to a new study published in Sleep. "There ...

Seizures have been described as irregular activity of the nerves in your brain, and sometimes these irregularities can become recurrent or chronic. When seizures become a consistent problem, this ...

Guidelines recommend epilepsy drugs soon after first seizure. Taking epilepsy medication after a first seizure decreases the risk of another seizure. Initiation of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) ...