How does epilepsy affect language in children? When epilepsy develops in early childhood, the patterns of language areas in the brain may be out of the ordinary and developmental difficulties may ...
Jan. 22, 2025 — Doctors could soon reduce epilepsy misdiagnoses by up to 70% using a new tool that turns routine electroencephalogram, or EEG, tests that appear normal into highly accurate ...
Epilepsy is a chronic brain disorder that can lead to brief episodes of involuntary movement triggered by abnormal electrical activity in the brain. For women with epilepsy, pregnancy can be a ...
In the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, folate use improved cognition and behavior outcomes in children of women with epilepsy. Verbal abilities do not differ among children of women with epilepsy who ...
The ketogenic diet is often prescribed in cases where seizures aren’t responding to two or more medications, particularly in children. This high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet is strict and can be ...