In a remarkable medical success, a patient suffering from a rare form of epilepsy known as “Gelastic seizures” often referred to as “laughing seizures” has shown dramatic improvement after receiving ...

NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Doctors probed deep into the center of a 3-year-old girl's brain to save her from her own laughter. Anastasia Lagalla's uncontrollable laughter and seizures were part of an ...

The unpredictable, debilitating nature of a seizure can be frightening, for both the person experiencing it and anyone watching nearby. In that moment, control often slips away as muscles stiffen, ...

Since she was an infant, a 31-year-old woman had been experiencing bursts of uncontrollable laughter, but her condition had never been formally diagnosed until now. According to the woman, she would ...

“Laughing seizures” have long been one of the mysteries surrounding epilepsy. During an event, an epileptic suffering a laughing seizure can guffaw, sometimes hysterically, but certainly not because ...

Nocturnal seizures often cause symptoms like spasms, grunting, and breathing difficulties while sleeping. Increasing sleep by 90 minutes can decrease your seizure risk by 27% over 48 hours.