A new drug is transforming the lives of children born with a severe form of epilepsy, say doctors and families. Dravet syndrome can cause dozens of dangerous seizures a day and affects about one in ...

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An experimental treatment reduces seizures and other symptoms in children with a type of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome.

Dravet syndrome affects about 1 in 17,500 children. Having two daughters with the condition is “extraordinarily uncommon.” ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Valley Children's Hospital is taking action to help empower children with epilepsy. The hospital has partnered with the after-school enrichment program "Authorable," launching ...

Two abstracts presented at the 2023 International Epilepsy Congress evaluated early electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring in children with seizures and encephalopathy. At the 35th International ...

An artificial intelligence tool that can detect tiny, hard-to-spot brain malformations in children with epilepsy could help patients access life-changing surgery quicker, Australian researchers said ...

To stratify the risk of future epilepsy, physicians have historically used lumbar puncture, neuroimaging, and electroencephalography in these patients. Four predictors of future epilepsy in children ...

Children whose mothers had diabetes during pregnancy had a higher risk for developing epilepsy during childhood, according to a study published in Pediatrics.“Our findings highlight that prenatal ...

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Children born to mothers with any diabetes type in Ontario, Canada, had a higher risk of developing epilepsy. For children of mothers with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, epilepsy risk tended to rise with ...