Epilepsy

ACP urged to drop “provider” for physicians, warning it blurs expertise, commodifies care, and erodes professional identity, trust, and the patient relationship.

Pediatric neurologist Charuta Joshi, MD, discussed global disparities in epilepsy for children and adolescents for International Epilepsy Day, highlighting opportunities for education, stigma reduction, and improved care access.

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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending February 6, 2026.

The director of the Center for Clinical Ethics at Yale New Haven Health discussed the rationale behind the newly published AAN guidelines on functional seizures, outlining diagnostic priorities, evidence-based treatment recommendations, and key gaps.

In honor of National Women Physician’s Day, the NeurologyLive® team highlighted recent studies on women transforming neurologic care and advancing women’s health.

Epilepsy titan Page B. Pennell, MD, FAES, FAAN, FANA, outlined key hormonal, reproductive, and treatment-related factors that influence epilepsy management and outcomes for women in different life stages.

The director of the Center for Clinical Ethics at Yale New Haven Health outlined how the AAN guidelines address the role of pharmacologic therapies in functional seizures, including what evidence exists and when medications should or should not be used. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

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The AAN's new guideline enhances diagnosis and management of functional seizures, emphasizing psychological interventions and addressing care gaps for better patient outcomes.

Specifically, the alignment relates to a separate, planned clinical trial referred to as ASPIRE.

The director of the Center for Clinical Ethics at Yale New Haven Health provided insights on newly published guidelines for functional seizures, stressing the reasons for systemic psychiatric assessment and careful seizure characterization. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

The chief medical officer at Xenon Pharmaceuticals provided clinical insights on promising long-term, phase 2 data testing azetukalner, a first-in-class Kv7 channel opener, in patients with focal onset seizures. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending January 23, 2026.

Pediatric specialists stressed that the future of epilepsy care may involve embedding behavioral health clinicians in specialty clinics to identify and treat depression early, improve quality of life, and potentially reduce seizure burden. [WATCH TIME: 3 MINUTES]

Mind Moments®, a podcast from NeurologyLive®, brings you an exclusive interview with Benjamin Tolchin, MD, MS, FAAN. [LISTEN TIME: 23 minutes]

Pediatrics specialists discussed approaches to assessing depressive symptoms that may overlook key risk factors, highlighting the need for improved self-report measures, developmentally appropriate tools, and more precise symptom characterization. [WATCH TIME: 3 MINUTES]

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Pediatrics specialists discussed key methodological limitations of a recently published study, including variability across sites, reliance on caregiver-report measures, and the lack of developmentally appropriate tools for assessing depression in youth with intellectual disabilities. [WATCH TIME: 4 MINUTES]

Pediatric specialists reflected on the challenges and gaps in assessing depressive and anxiety symptoms among youth with epilepsy, emphasizing that patients with lower IQs are often excluded from research and clinical screening. [WATCH TIME: 3 MINUTES]

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending January 16, 2026.

The director of Cleveland Clinic's Gamme Knife Center and Head Section of Spine Tumors writes about how stereotactic radiosurgery has transformed modern neurology and neurosurgery

A trio of clinician authors provided insights on a recently published paper assessing youths with refractory epilepsy and ways to combat depressive symptoms.