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 ...

Myocardial infarction is significantly associated with the development of epilepsy and nonstroke vascular death in older adults, new research shows.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cavion, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company developing novel therapeutics for neurological diseases, announced today that their first ...

Typical absence epileptic seizures mainly affect children and are generalized nonconvulsive seizures that occur several times a day, usually during quiet wakefulness. They are characterized by brief ...

Do not start sodium valproate for the first time in people (male or female) younger than 55 years, unless 2 specialists independently agree and document that there is no other effective and tolerated ...