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

When people think about epilepsy, dramatic scenes often come to mind. A person collapsing, shaking violently, or losing consciousness. Films and telev.

People often associate seizures and major neurological problems that have convulsions or loss of consciousness. Remember, a brief blank stare, a curious sense of déjà vu, a few seconds of unexplained ...

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

To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. Eight-year-old Freddie Truelove used to have hundreds of seizures a day. Now he has a couple a week — and his mother ...

Groundbreaking Phase 1/2a clinical trials co-led by Linda Laux, MD, from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, show that the first gene regulation treatment for epilepsy is safe and ...

An international clinical trial has achieved a new effective treatment option for rare epilepsy that can reduce seizures by ...

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Leigh syndrome is a rare metabolic disorder that begins in childhood and causes severe neurological and muscular problems. The disease has long been considered untreatable. In a pilot study involving ...

Sildenafil—an active ingredient also marketed under the name of Viagra—improves symptoms in patients with Leigh syndrome.

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