Seizures in children can be a terrifying experience for both the child and their parents. Understanding the underlying causes is crucial for effective management and treatment. This article will ...

Epilepsy remains one of the most common neurological disorders globally. Firstpost brings out experts’ views on signs, developmental impact, rural-urban treatment gaps and how AI and precision ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children with epilepsy experienced more sleep-related problems such as night waking, parasomnias and ...

Silas Hurd has his good days and his bad days. The 9-year-old's debilitating seizures are hard to watch, but his father, Forrest Hurd, said one thing can improve the boy's quality of life: medicinal ...

June 3, 2010 — Recent-onset epilepsy can alter brain development and delay increases in white matter volume, report researchers. These new findings have implications for the cognitive development of ...

Children with epilepsy sleep poorly compared to healthy children, and are more likely to experience disruptions such as night terrors, sleep walking or sleep disordered breathing, according to a new ...

Experts at Mayo Clinic Children's Center also are studying neurostimulation treatments for epilepsy, an alternative treatment for children with severe epilepsy or for those who cannot have surgery.

Epilepsy, also known as seizure disorder, is common, and there are many types. About 1 in 26 people in the U.S. will develop the disease in their lifetime. It affects people of all races, ethnic ...

The goal of antiepileptic treatment is seizure freedom, but some children have drug-resistant epilepsy. To date, reliable data on the outcomes of antiepileptic therapy—how many children achieve ...

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a rare and severe form of epilepsy, accounting for up to 4 percent of all childhood epilepsy cases. LGS is characterized by three criteria: multiple seizure types, ...

Children exposed in the womb to the drug sodium valproate, used to treat epilepsy, or a combination of anti-epileptic drugs, had poorer academic scores in math, language and science in early ...