Epilepsy
Epilepsy
Epilepsy affects about 2.5 million Americans, and results in an estimated annual cost of $15.5 billion in medical costs and lost earnings and production. About 10% of Americans will experience a seizure sometime during their lifetime, and about 3% will have had a diagnosis of epilepsy by age 80.
Most recent articles
When neurosurgeons first attempted to treat epilepsy by means of surgery in the late 1800s, they were operating on ‘invisible’ lesions. Without...
Drug-resistant epilepsy accounts for more than 30 % of epileptic patients.1 Alternative treatment options are resective neurosurgery, deep brain...
Throughout the ages, sleep has been considered akin to death; indeed, Homer referred to sleep as the ‘brother of death’. However, the advent of...
Approximately 50 million people have epilepsy worldwide1 and up to one-third of these people continue to experience seizures despite drug treatment.2...
Throughout the ages, sleep has been considered akin to death; indeed, Homer referred to sleep as the ‘brother of death’. However, the advent of...
Medical Guidelines
Practice parameter: antiepileptic drug prophylaxis in severe traumatic brain injury...
Practice parameter update: management issues for women with epilepsy-focus on pregnancy...
