MINNEAPOLIS – Pregnant women with epilepsy have more symptoms of depression and anxiety during pregnancy and postpartum than pregnant women who do not have epilepsy or women with epilepsy who are not ...

HELSINKI, Finland — When it comes to caring for women with epilepsy who become pregnant, there is a great deal of room for improvement, experts say. "Too many women with epilepsy receive information ...

While older drugs for epilepsy, taken while pregnant, have been shown in previous research to affect the creative thinking of children, a new study finds no effects on creativity for children born to ...

MINNEAPOLIS – A new study suggests that antidepressant use by mothers during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase the chances of epilepsy and seizures in babies. The research is ...

Lamotrigine and/or levetiracetam taken during pregnancy were not linked to development delays in children at 3 years. Children born to women with epilepsy who were taking the antiseizure medications ...

Credit: Getty Images Researchers developed an updated practice guideline to advise clinicians on the proper selection of antiseizure medication in people with epilepsy of childbearing potential. The ...

Two epilepsy drugs, levetiracetam and topiramate, may not harm the thinking skills and IQs of school-age children born to women who took them while pregnant, according to a recent study. The research ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Guidelines released this week recommend that women with epilepsy should avoid taking the anti-epilepsy drug valproate during pregnancy, because of the risk of harmful ...

August 14, 2009 — Seizures in pregnant women with epilepsy (WWE) can contribute to an increased risk for low birth weight, preterm birth, and small for gestational age (SGA) infants compared with ...

There's long been concern that certain drugs taken to control seizures might be unsafe for use by pregnant women, due to potential effects on the fetus. Now, new British research suggests that the ...

A new study suggests that antidepressant use by mothers during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase the chances of epilepsy and seizures in babies. The research is published in the May ...

A new study suggests that antidepressant use by mothers during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase the chances of epilepsy and seizures in babies. A new study suggests that ...