Monitoring patients with severe epilepsy in residential care facilities during the night was associated with a much lower rate of sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP), a new study found. "Our ...

Sleep disorders are common in patients with epilepsy; approximately 70% of patients with epilepsy experience problems with sleep. In his presentation, Dr Erik St. Louis discussed the impact of sleep ...

‘A vicious cycle’ is the way investigators describe the bidirectional relationship between sleep problems and epilepsy in a recent review article in Archives of Disease in Childhood. 1 "Epilepsy is ...

New guidelines on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) recommend ways to reduce SUDEP risk and advise neurologists on how to counsel patients and families. Generalized tonic-clonic seizures ...

In an animal study, researchers found that valproate, a common epilepsy drug, possessed hypnotic and antiepileptic properties during sleep, suggesting that the drug could help improve sleep quality ...

Jo-Ann Burns says Nicola was a daughter and a best friend A woman whose daughter died from a condition linked to epilepsy has said the family feels "robbed" and "heartbroken". Nicola Burns was 41 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In models accounting for demographics, hypertension, stroke and more, hypoxemia and sleep apnea were linked to ...

DENVER (CBS4) - When Anna Smith was in 7th grade she developed nocturnal epilepsy. "I was having grand mal seizures while I was sleeping, sometimes multiple at night, and it just wreaked havoc on my ...

Being in the prone position — on one's stomach — is a risk factor for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), a new systematic review suggests. James Tao, MD, PhD, associate professor, neurology, ...

Read full article: Front brings needed rainfall amid ongoing drought A city-approved block party in Palatka turned violent Saturday night when a driver plowed through a crowd of people, and several ...