Long-term dementia risk is associated with both head injury and epilepsy. However, research has thus far documented the links between post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) and short-term cognitive outcomes. A ...

The risk for long-term dementia is significantly higher among people with posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE) compared with those with no history of either head injury or epilepsy and those with either ...

Monday 27 January, 2025: A new international study has unveiled critical insights in understanding post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE), a condition that can develop following traumatic brain injury. Led by ...

People who develop epilepsy after a traumatic brain injury are at an 80 percent higher risk of premature death compared to those who have suffered a similar brain injury without developing epilepsy.

Military veterans who develop epilepsy after a traumatic brain injury may have a higher mortality rate in the following years than veterans who develop epilepsy with no previous traumatic brain injury ...

Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of epilepsy, a chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures that affects around 50 million people. A research team led by Bret Smith, ...

September 28, 2007 — With traumatic brain injury (TBI) being the signature wound of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US government is being asked to establish 6 epilepsy centers of ...

Epilepsy can be a difficult condition to diagnose. Seizures do not always happen in a doctor's office. Fortunately, the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) enhances diagnosis accuracy by observing patients ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Neurology, researchers assessed the associations between post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) and the risk of dementia. PTE is the occurrence of unprovoked seizures more ...

Veterans who develop epilepsy following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) face a higher risk of death than veterans with epilepsy from other causes. That’s according to a study led by researchers at ...