New research explores the complex emotional, behavioral and intellectual disabilities associated with childhood epilepsy and their effect on development. Children with epilepsy can face greater ...

A recent study published in Epilepsia, the official journal of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), indicates that people who have uncontrolled seizures on the left side of their brains ...

A combination of missed prevention opportunities and health inequalities can result in the early deaths of people living with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities, a study has shown. Around ...

BALTIMORE ― Epilepsy that occurs following traumatic brain injury (TBI) is tied to significant disability and financial costs, new research suggests. A retrospective analysis of a national database ...

BERLIN, Germany — British researchers have launched a register to track safety outcomes for newly licenced antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in patients with intellectual disabilities (IDs) or pervasive ...

A national Korean cohort study reveals that elevated pre-pregnancy BMI independently increases childhood risks of epilepsy and intellectual disability, underscoring the importance of maternal health ...

A team of researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) has participated in the development of Epileptika. This application aims to help the treatment of refractory epilepsy in people ...

In a section of patients with epilepsy, physical and intellectual disabilities coexist. Harnessing stem cells' regenerative potential to repair damaged tissues and modulate the immune system presents ...

According to Justene Smith, a disability expert at equity solutions company, Progression, epilepsy may be classified as disability in terms of the Employment Equity Act if it substantially limits a ...

A teenage epilepsy sufferer with a disability travel card was ordered to get off a bus by the driver because he said her condition was a 'p*** take’. Jess McGee,19, from Bath, Somerset, was on her ...

A combination of missed prevention opportunities and health inequalities can result in the early deaths of people living with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities, new research has shown.