The risk of seizures and epilepsy is higher after COVID than after the flu – new research
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, affecting roughly 50 million people around the world. Its a condition…
Epilepsy: how an AI algorithm detects related brain abnormalities – new research
Up to a third of epilepsy cases are drug-resistant. Shutterstock Around 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy. While anti-seizure medications…
16p11.2: rare genetic changes linked to autism now connected to higher chance of other psychiatric disorders
In most of the trillion cells that make up our bodies, 23 pairs of chromosomes store the vital strands of…
Cannabis oil for epilepsy – what you need to know
Epilepsy drugs dont work well, or at all, for about one-third of people with the condition. Unfortunately, these hard-to-treat epilepsies…
22q11.2 deletion: the most common syndrome you have never heard of
You wouldnt be blamed for thinking that 22q11.2 was a postcode or password. My guess is you wouldnt have thought…
Why worms and fish are good models for epilepsy
Epilepsy is the most common neurological disorder in the UK – about 600,000 people have the condition. Unfortunately, for a…