Driving is one of the most challenging lifestyle issues for people with epilepsy. Unless you live in an urban area with mass transit, your ability to drive may determine such crucial matters as ...

Prior to being diagnosed with epilepsy, 5% of people with a type of epilepsy called focal epilepsy had a seizure while driving, according to a new study published in the June 7, 2023, online issue of ...

Jessica Veach didn't wait long enough at the stop sign. "You got too excited," the instructor told her, writing a large "X" over her driving test. Veach, who was retaking the test after having ...

Prior to being diagnosed with epilepsy, 5% of people with a type of epilepsy called focal epilepsy had a seizure while driving, according to a new study published in the June 7, 2023, online issue of ...

Early detection of focal epilepsy may reduce the amount of motor vehicle accidents caused by seizures while driving. The prevalence of seizures while driving (SzWD) prior to diagnosis in people with ...

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the American Epilepsy Society (AES) and the Epilepsy Foundation of America (EFA) ...

New guidelines related to seizures and driving licensure state that licensing criteria should be equitable, nondiscriminatory, objective, and compatible with similar risks in other populations.

The driver being investigated in a crash that killed a Frederick man and his three boys Saturday told police that he has epilepsy and had a seizure shortly before the accident but continued to drive ...

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterised by recurrent unprovoked seizures that can impair consciousness, motor control and cognitive function. For individuals with epilepsy, the possibility ...

Estimating the risk for unprovoked seizures in the year following an ischemic stroke with the SeLECT 2.0 prognostic model may be helpful in guiding decisions about driving, new research suggested.

My father and I only argued about one thing regularly: his driving. Because he had epilepsy. In 1948, when my father was 17, he fell out of a moving car. He was in a coma for three days. A dime-sized ...