Nursing home residents who are prescribed a combination of tramadol, a pain medication, and antidepressants have a higher risk of seizures, according to an October study published in Neurology. The ...

The researchers found that the risk for seizures increased with concomitant use of tramadol with CYP2D6-inhibiting versus neutral antidepressants. HealthDay News — Older adults in nursing homes (NHs) ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1.1% of US adults have epilepsy. Although 89% report seeing a physician in the past year about their condition, only 62% of adults ...

Time is of the essence when a patient experiences a prolonged seizure, and immediate action is required to prevent long-term neurological damage, according to an article in the April issue of Critical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients’ primary concern is gaining a sense of control over their condition. Caregivers want more direct ...

Writing for The Conversation (republished below), researchers Jaideep Kapur, director of the University of Virginia Brain Institute, and Anastasia Brodovskaya, a UVA postdoctoral fellow in neurology, ...