Pregnancy with epilepsy is manageable, with most women having healthy babies. Expert Dr. Meena Muthiah emphasizes that ...

In honor of Epilepsy Awareness Month, experts highlight the importance of managing in utero exposure to anti-seizure medications during pregnancy.

HELSINKI, Finland — When it comes to caring for women with epilepsy who become pregnant, there is a great deal of room for improvement, experts say. "Too many women with epilepsy receive information ...

Epilepsy in pregnant women was associated with a higher rate of severe maternal morbidity and mortality (36.9 vs 25.4 per 1,000 deliveries), reported Neda Razaz, PhD, of Karolinska University Hospital ...

By the time she and her husband, Owen, were expecting their first child in 2002, she had had several more seizures. But there ...

Women with epilepsy who have seizures during pregnancy appear more likely to give birth to pre-term, small or low-birth-weight babies than women without epilepsy, according to a report in the August ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who take the epilepsy drug valproate during pregnancy are three times more likely to have a child with an autism spectrum disorder, suggests new research based on ...

A new study suggests that antidepressant use by mothers during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase the chances of epilepsy and seizures in babies. A new study suggests that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The evidence was inconclusive for association with pregnancy and improvement in catamenial seizure pattern.

There's good news for women with a mental health condition: Taking antidepressants early in pregnancy doesn't increase a baby's risk of having epilepsy or seizures, researchers say. "The findings of ...

Women with epilepsy are more than twice as likely as those without the disorder to report physical, sexual, or emotional abuse during pregnancy, new research shows. Study investigator Naveed Chaudhry, ...

Seizures can stem from disrupted brain activity, lifestyle habits or missed triggers. Firstpost brings out experts’ views on ...