Researchers have measured the persistent stigma surrounding epilepsy in a new way. A recent study analyzed a week’s worth of Twitter postings about seizures and found about 40 percent were derogatory. The study “certainly...

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What happens during a seizure may vary from one person to the next. The type of first aid needed during a seizure can be tailored to what happens during the seizure and the person's safety. It helps to think about seizures in relation...

In 1868 Bacon, an eminent physician, noted the occurrence of ‘sudden death in a fit’ and almost 40 years later Spratling, one of the earliest American neurologists, recognised epilepsy as ‘a disease which destroys life suddenly...