It came out of nowhere, triggered by nothing, and I found myself overwhelmed by the presence of his absence. His silence was ...
When a Liberian mother brings her child to hospital with learning difficulties or seizures, doctors cannot check whether lead poisoning is the cause.There are no facilities for analysing blood samples ...
A 6-year-old girl is one of more than 80 people worldwide who has finally received a diagnosis of a new condition following ...
A new experimental drug is showing remarkable promise for children with Dravet syndrome, a severe genetic form of epilepsy. In clinical trials, the treatment zorevunersen cut seizures by as much as 91 ...
TREATABLE ARE DEFINITELY MAKING A COMEBACK. WE HAVE A NEW WARNING TONIGHT ABOUT YOUNG CHILDREN AND FLU SHOTS. THE FDA IS SAYING NOW THAT IT WANTS MANUFACTURERS TO ADD THE RISK FOR SEIZURES TO THAT ...
Absence: 73.1% median reduction in the number of absence seizure ≥3s, p = 0.012 DEE: 63.3% median reduction in major motor seizures REM sleep improvement in patients with Absence Seizures: mean 90% ...
Bright Minds Biosciences has debuted glowing phase 2 results for its lead anti-seizure asset, giving the biotech’s stock a jolt and setting up future registrational trials for the serotonin receptor ...
A long-running debate over Tamiflu’s safety in children may finally be settled. Researchers found that influenza, not the antiviral medication, was linked to serious neuropsychiatric events like ...
Last week, a viral video put renewed scrutiny on Minnesota day care centers participating in the taxpayer-funded Child Care Assistance Program. The video by a self-proclaimed independent journalist ...
A seizure (SEE-zhur) is unusual electrical activity in the brain. Normally, electrical activity in the brain involves neurons (nerve cells) in different areas sending signals at different times.
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. Characterized primarily by seizures, epilepsy can present in a variety of ways depending on the individual and the ...