Children with drug-resistant epilepsy who are Black or insured through Medicaid may be less likely than white and privately insured patients to receive surgical treatments that can end or minimize ...

A surgical treatment commonly used to reduce epileptic seizures in adults also is effective and safe for children, according to a new study. The study is one of the first to investigate responsive ...

Conner Butler, now 15, started suffering seizures in 2020. He underwent a surgery last year at Akron Children's Hospital that ...

Keeping Parker McEnaney smiling has required well over a dozen expensive drugs, a medevac flight to California and the ...

An international consortium has identified at least some of the genetic drivers of a mysterious form of pediatric epilepsy. Epilepsy is present in 4% of the population, and is among the most common ...

Children with epilepsy had an increased risk for injuries requiring hospitalization compared with controls in Finland, with boys showing greater risk than girls among all included participants. Risk ...

One of the most common causes of epilepsy is a structural brain abnormality. “Epilepsy can result from structural issues in ...

ATLANTA - Toddlers of moms who took the epilepsy drug valproate during pregnancy had lower IQs than the children of women who used other anti-seizure medicines, according to a new study. The valproate ...

A woman whose child suffered from seizures as a child claims a keto diet helped control them. Susan Hall says her son’s rare form of epilepsy “grew out of control” in 2000 when he was just 18 months ...

In honor of Epilepsy Awareness Month, experts highlight the importance of managing in utero exposure to anti-seizure medications during pregnancy.

By the time she and her husband, Owen, were expecting their first child in 2002, she had had several more seizures. But there ...