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Live Webinar April 7, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. ETSign up now.Seizure First Aid Certification is offered by the Epilepsy Foundation as the only certification program for recognizing and responding to seizures ...

Some people may find that seizures occur in a pattern or are more likely to occur in certain situations. Sometimes is just by chance, but other times it’s not. Keeping track of any factors that may ...

The fact sheet educates consumers and general public about: What is epilepsy, What Causes Epilepsy, Who has Epilepsy, How is Epilepsy Diagnosed, How is Epilepsy Treated and Types of Seizures. On the ...

What Is National Epilepsy Awareness Month (NEAM)? Since 1969, the Epilepsy Foundation has recognized November as National Epilepsy Awareness Month (NEAM). Although 3.4 million people and their ...

Long-Term Outcomes Seizures typically resolve, although for some individuals there is recurrence of seizures in adolescence. These are typically generalized tonic-clonic seizures with bilateral ...

One of the most important activities from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is to collect information about health conditions, who and how many are affected, and other data that can ...

Epilepsy is not a mental illness. In fact, the vast majority of people living with epilepsy have no cognitive or psychological problem. For the most part, psychological issues in epilepsy are limited ...

The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) is the world's main scientific body devoted to the study of epilepsy, and it has recently revised its classification of seizures. The changes will help ...

The epilepsy syndrome of self-limited neonatal-infantile seizures used to be known as benign familial or non-familial neonatal-infantile seizures. Seizures begin in the first several months of life in ...

It can be difficult to know what to bring to the epilepsy monitoring unit for your stay. You may not know how many days you’ll be there, so you want to make sure you’re as comfortable as possible ...

Seizures and epilepsy are not the same. An epileptic seizure is a transient occurrence of signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. Epilepsy is a ...