Only one prospective, controlled study has compared the risk of accidental injury in persons
with epilepsy to controls without seizures. A mildly increased risk in the epilepsy group was …

Purpose: There is a notion that people with epilepsy have substantial and often
unrecognized comorbidity of chronic conditions. However, most studies focus on selected …

Epilepsy, a common neurologic condition, is associated with a greater prevalence of type 2
diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We examined potential drivers for the comorbidity of epilepsy and …

Purpose: The negative impact of epilepsy is disproportionate to its prevalence. Our
objectives were to determine if health‐related behaviors (HRBs) and health status differ …

Purpose: To investigate the risk of accidents in a cohort of patients with epilepsy and in
matched nonepilepsy controls, by type, circumstances, and complications. Methods: A total …

Objective Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE) is the most common type of focal epilepsy,
but often lacks scalp EEG correlates. We ask if hippocampal epileptiform discharges that are …

Purpose: To compare the activity profiles of a nationally representative sample of individuals
with epilepsy compared to the general population. Methods: The Canadian Community …

Background and purpose People with epilepsy are at increased risk of accidents and
injuries but, despite several studies on this subject, data regarding preventable causes are …

AIM: To examine self-report data on seizure-related injuries and hospitalizations. METHOD:
We analyzed data from the 2010 Australian Epilepsy Longitudinal Survey, distributed to …

A large number of patients with epilepsy and intellectual disability take medication, amongst
which antiepileptic and psychotropic drugs, often simultaneously. Certain antiepileptic drugs …