Seizures can be a terrifying experience for both children and parents alike. With approximately 4-5% of children experiencing ...

More than 3.4 million people in the United States have epilepsy, so it is a relatively common diagnosis. In fact, it is the fourth-most common neurologic condition in the world. November is National ...

The number of US children who suffered a seizure after swallowing someone else's medication or illegal substance nearly doubled between 2009 and 2023, new research has found. Anastassiya - stock.adobe ...

A systematic review found that intermittent diazepam and continuous phenobarbitone reduce the recurrence of febrile seizures in children, but the drugs have mild-to-moderate adverse effects. Because ...

A woman whose child suffered from seizures as a child claims a keto diet helped control them. Susan Hall says her son’s rare form of epilepsy “grew out of control” in 2000 when he was just 18 months ...

Levetiracetam reduces tonic-clonic seizures by over 77% in clinical studies. Ethosuximide is highly effective for absence seizures, especially in children. Valproate remains the gold standard for ...

Praxis Precision Medicines has scored another midphase win in epilepsy this year, with its sodium channel inhibitor shown to reduce seizures in children with two specific types of the neurological ...

Functional seizures are a type of functional neurological disorder, or FND, that also goes by the name conversion disorder. It means “any neurological symptom incompatible with a known medical or ...

When a child has a fever, their body can ache, they are restless and they just don't feel well. While a fever is a part of our natural response to infection, the fever itself can lead to complications ...

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