Children in England living with a rare and severe form of epilepsy could soon benefit from a new drug being rolled out on the NHS. Fenfluramine has been recommended by the National Institute for ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Diana Apetauerova, MD Key Takeaways Epilepsy is often linked to genetic factors, brain injuries, ...

Epilepsy is not a one size fits all condition and there are a few tell tale signs that parents could miss, said Dr Jonathan ...

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 ...

You can expect most epilepsy cases to improve with antiseizure drugs. Surgery is an option if medications do not work for your epilepsy. You may eat a ketogenic diet to help with treatment-resistant ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - A large-scale comparative test of three anti-epilepsy drugs found the oldest was best for treating childhood absence epilepsy, in which youngsters often stare into space for up to ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — It takes a special kind of love for families to become foster parents, and even more so when a foster parent goes on to give a child a forever home ...

When she was 3 years old, Alana "Lani" Silverberg was eating a cookie when she started turning blue. Her mom, Sara, thought her daughter was choking and called 911. Lani was taken to Johns Hopkins ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine, researchers investigated the incidence of febrile seizures (FS) among severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...