epilepsy

He also draws on his own experience of epilepsy to explore the fear of mental disintegration, having written to his doctor in 1867 that he was “afraid of going mad or falling into idiocy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The 21-year-old, from Netherlee in East Renfrewshire, has Rett Syndrome, a genetic neurological disorder which leaves her unable to speak or move and comes with a range of health problems including epilepsy.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Lacosamide is already used as a treatment for epilepsy, but the researchers found that its effects on cartilage depended heavily on the dose.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

While Linton has not been diagnosed with an underlying seizure disorder, such as epilepsy, defense attorney Jovan Blacknell said Linton suffered intermittent seizures during her life, including at the time of the wreck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In 1611, Barbara became ill with epilepsy and one of their three children died of smallpox.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Still, about 30% of epilepsies do not respond to pharmaceuticals, which prompted the search for alternative treatments.

From Nature ● Jul. 8, 2014

Indeed, many epilepsies resemble a perverse imitation of normal activity for a given brain structure — and these lead to some of the distinctions between the pathology and activity associated with different epileptic disorders.

From Nature ● Jul. 8, 2014

Electrophysiology insights could guide more sophisticated monitoring of cortical epilepsies and possibly other focal epilepsies as well.

From Nature ● Jul. 8, 2014

The mechanism underlying seizures known as absence epilepsies is rather different.

From Nature ● Jul. 8, 2014

"Dan was frothing dreadful, and his legs was twitchin' like one in the epilepsies."

From Verner's Pride by Mrs. Henry Wood