If you see someone having a seizure or fit, there are some simple things you can do to help.

From a specialized diet to rapid evaluation, there’s a lot to know about treating childhood epilepsy. We share the latest from experts at The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s. Parents ...

For parents, a child having a seizure is one of the most frightening experiences imaginable. While many childhood seizures are brief and isolated, others are more serious and persistent. To make the ...

Your child’s brain is an incredible electrical system. Billions of neurons firing in perfect harmony to create thoughts, movements, feelings, and memories. But sometimes, that delicate electrical ...

Seizures during sleep may be responsible for some sudden deaths in young children, according to researchers from NYU Langone Health who used home monitoring video donated by families of seven toddlers ...

NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Apr 17 — The gamma knife is effective in medically intractable seizures with localized foci, according to a case series of 4 children reported in the March issue of Epilepsy.

If your child is suddenly falling or showing unusual behaviours, it may indicate paediatric epilepsy. Find out what the signs are.

Objective: The aim was to study the epidemiological aspects of febrile seizures and to identify etiologies in children from 1 ...

Recently published results from a 45-year follow-up study of childhood-onset epilepsy in Finland provide clinicians with updated guideposts for prognosis. [4] Because of the centralized Finnish health ...

Focal cortical dysplasia is caused by areas of the brain that have developed abnormally and is among the most common causes of drug-resistant epilepsy in children. It frequently occurs in the frontal ...

Young woman with brown hair wearing a black t-shirt lying on an alley in the park with one hand reaching for help â Concept image for epilepsy, heart attack or disease A new AI can help find brain ...

Researchers demonstrated that individuals who had childhood epilepsy have an increased accumulation of brain amyloid later in life, potentially predisposing them to late-onset brain amyloid disorders, ...