Parents of a child with epilepsy work hard to find effective, lasting treatments with the hope of decreasing or stopping their child's seizures altogether. Health care professionals at The University ...

Absence seizure, formerly known as petit mal seizure, is a type of short seizure that usually causes a person to briefly lose focus, stare into space, and lose awareness of their surroundings. These ...

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 ...

What Emily is describing is her first memory of an absence seizure. Absence seizures are typical of childhood absence epilepsy, juvenile absence epilepsy, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, and in up to 60% ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Andrew N. Wilner, MD: Welcome to Medscape. I'm your host, Dr Andrew Wilner, reporting on the annual American Epilepsy Society meeting. With me today is my ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a previously unrecognized mechanism by which inherited calcium channel mutations disrupt early brain development and predispose children to ...

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 ...

For many families, a child’s first seizure feels like the ground has slipped away. One moment, everything is normal. The next, there is shaking, staring, silence, or panic. In India, where epilepsy ...

Research has shown early diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy disorders can improve outcomes. The question of when to ...

(NewsNation) — March 26 is Purple Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about epilepsy worldwide. An estimated 50 million people worldwide are diagnosed with epilepsy, and seizures are the main ...