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TL;DR: At a leading London children’s hospital, 77 children with PRES, a sudden brain-swelling syndrome, were reviewed over 20 years. Nearly 4 in 5 first showed up with seizures, almost all had another serious illness, and about a third of those given seizure…
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TL;DR: Seizures can sometimes steal a person’s ability to speak or understand language for hours or days without causing convulsions, and they can look just like a stroke. A review of 87 reported patients found that 1 in 5 attacks left lasting language problem…
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TL;DR: In regions where the pork tapeworm is common, about 1 in 4 people with seizures had signs of tapeworm cysts in the brain, based on 35 well-defined studies. That share roughly halved in studies from after 2008, though it is unclear how much of the drop i…
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TL;DR: A 2026 medRxiv preprint reported that closed-loop subgaleal intersectional short-pulse stimulation reduced seizure duration and rapidly lowered seizure incidence in a small first-in-human treatment-resistant epilepsy study. Key Findings Subgaleal implan…
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Gut microbiota may influence epilepsy, but the exact mechanisms and involved microbiota are unclear, with potential treatments including ketogenic diets, probiotics, and fecal microbiota transplants being explored. Highlights: Approximately 33% of epilepsy pat…
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Epilepsy impacts millions of people worldwide. While medications have been the mainstay of treatment, one-third of patients continue to have seizures despite available drugs. This highlights the need for innovative therapies. Recent years have seen exciting de…
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A potent new form of marijuana (cannabis) called “moon rock” has been connected to a troubling case of psychosis and recurring seizures in a young man with no prior history of mental illness or seizures. This case highlights the potential risks of high-potency…
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