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

Night shifts and poor sleep quality are associated with an increased risk for incident epilepsy, according to a study published online Nov. 29 in BMC Public Health. Xushuai Dong, from the Shandong ...

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

Researchers developed a novel “closed-loop” system that delivered electrical pulses in a brain region to synchronize brain activity recorded from another region in the brain to improve memory. Among ...

Sleeping patterns and stress hormones could be the key to understanding how and when people with epilepsy are likely to experience seizures, according to a study published in PLoS Computational ...

Sleeping patterns and stress hormones could be the key to understanding how and when people with epilepsy are likely to experience seizures, a new study reveals. Researchers used mathematical modeling ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — The brain may inadvertently "learn" to have seizures by treating them like important memories to be stored, according to new research from Mayo Clinic. The study, published in the ...

Milena Pavlova, MD, neurologist, and medical director of the sleep testing center at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner hospital, talks about how factors such as the sedative effects of anti-epileptic ...

An epilepsy drug could be used to help people with sleep apnea, a new study has found. A European clinical trial found that sulthiame, a drug used in the treatment of epilepsy, reduced breathing ...

Epilepsy treatment needs more than two elements because doctors need to understand which medications control seizures and their required dosage. The main method to control seizures involves medicine ...

A European epilepsy drug could be an effective treatment for sleep apnea, a new study suggests. Patients who took sulthiame had few pauses in their breathing while asleep, as well as higher levels of ...