In the middle of an electronic dance music festival in Amsterdam, a 20-year-old man suddenly collapsed. Just before he seized and bit his tongue, he told his friends he was experiencing a strange and ...

(Reuters Health) - Flashing light effects that have become the norm for electronic dance music concerts could bring on epileptic seizures in young people who may not know they have a vulnerability, ...

Hackers sent videos and images of blinking strobe lights to Twitter followers of the Epilepsy Foundation in a terrifying cyber attack, the organization said in a statement Monday. The attack last ...

It's a fun, fast fusion of lights and rock-n-roll sound; but lately, bloggers have begun buzzing about a potentially grave side of the game Guitar Hero. "My 16-year old son just had a seizure" wrote ...

One of the ways scientists hope to deliver more precise and effective treatments for conditions afflicting the brain is by using light to target cells, which can be made to respond to this stimuli ...

People with photosensitive epilepsy could soon be able to watch TV without worry. Scientists in the UK have created glasses that can block out specific wavelengths of light known to cause seizures. It ...

The Epilepsy Foundation has released a statement saying that its Twitter account was targeted with flashing GIFs intended to induce seizures last month. The GIFs were a flashing black-and-white image ...

WASHINGTON — The Epilepsy Foundation announced Monday that it has filed a formal criminal complaint with law enforcement after it says the organization's Twitter feed was hacked. The foundation says a ...

Neuroscientists move a step closer to finding new treatments for epilepsy. Pioneering research using human brain tissue removed from people suffering from epilepsy has opened the door to new ...