Valley representative Jim Costa is on a mission to bring more epilepsy care, awareness and research to the country.

Epilepsy Action is campaigning for research into products that contain THC as well as CBD and research into whether Epidyolex could also benefit people affected by other types of epilepsy. Epilepsy ...

Who gets Lennox-Gastaut syndrome? Lennox-Gastaut syndrome affects around 1 or 2 in every 100 children with epilepsy. The most common time for this syndrome to start is between 3 and 5 years of age. It ...

Feb. 19, 2025 — New research focuses on diagnostic delays experienced by people with epilepsy, a neurological disorder characterized by unpredictable seizures that affects over 3 million people ...

I get tingling sensations throughout my body, and it feels like I am slowly being mentally separated from it. This feeling is ...

However, when there is a sudden, intense burst of electrical activity in the brain, the messages between cells get mixed up ...

Carol Ireland, CEO and Managing Director, Epilepsy Action Australia, said, "Caring for a child with a severe epilepsy is often a 24/7 responsibility. This can be isolating, leaving parents and carers ...

Mechanism of action describes the process by which a molecule, such as a drug, functions to produce a pharmacological effect. A drug’s mechanism of action may refer to its effects on a ...

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Health improvement and research manager at Epilepsy Action, Tom Shillito, welcomed the news but warned that there is still a need for more specialists. He said: “It’s really exciting to hear about the ...