Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital opened a epilepsy monitoring unit on July 4, 2025, the first ever unit in the Baton ...

When she was 3 years old, Alana “Lani” Silverberg was eating a cookie when she started turning blue. Her mom, Sara, thought ...

Levetiracetam reduces tonic-clonic seizures by over 77% in clinical studies. Ethosuximide is highly effective for absence seizures, especially in children. Valproate remains the gold standard for ...

Long before CBD was a household name, parents of kids with epilepsy were engaging in a whisper network: a non-psychoactive compound found in cannabis and hemp, they said, had helped reduce or ...

Almost three million adults and nearly half a million children in the United States live with epilepsy. It's an ...

(BPT) – Epilepsy at any age can be challenging to navigate, even more so when a patient is a young child or teen. Some medications can help manage seizures for many patients. However, one-third of ...

The Brain and Spine Program at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital has been ranked 16th in the nation among all ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 1 out of 10 people will have a seizure during their lifetime. Most of these seizures will be epileptic seizures, which are ...

Parents can significantly reduce childhood seizures by identifying and avoiding common triggers like fever, missed medication ...

Early seizure onset in DEPDC5-related epilepsy is linked to more severe disease, including drug resistance, intellectual disability, and brain lesions.