NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Episodes of transient amnesia, which frequently occur on awakening and are associated with other memory problems, may be a symptom of a distinct type of epilepsy. A British ...

The typical case is characterized by a sudden, complete inability to retain new information, lasting for several hours, in a middle-age or older person, with preservation of alertness and all other ...

What is transient global amnesia? Transient global amnesia is a sudden, temporary episode of memory loss that can’t be attributed to a more common neurological condition, such as epilepsy or stroke.