Tag: Seizures

New York: Researchers have discovered a mechanism that can explain how even relatively infrequent seizures can lead to memory loss and other cognitive deficits. The study published in the journal Nature Medicine may lead to future strategies to reduce cognitive deficits in Alzheimer’s disease and other conditions associated with seizures, such as epilepsy. “It’s been […]

London: A new study has claimed that young adults aged between 16 and 24 may have a six-fold increased risk of epilepsy-related death, a disorder in which nerve cell activity in the brain is disturbed, causing seizures. The study, presented at the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Virtual Congress, found that mortality rates for epilepsy-related […]