If you see someone having a seizure or fit, there are some simple things you can do to help.

A new experimental drug is showing remarkable promise for children with Dravet syndrome, a severe genetic form of epilepsy.

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

A first-in-class gene-regulating therapy cut seizures by up to 91% in children with Dravet syndrome in extension studies, ...

A new drug is transforming the lives of children born with a severe form of epilepsy, say doctors and families. Dravet syndrome can cause dozens of dangerous seizures a day and affects about one in ...

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

A new experimental treatment for children with a hard-to-treat form of epilepsy is safe and can reduce seizures dramatically, ...

An international clinical trial has achieved a new effective treatment option for rare epilepsy that can reduce seizures by 91% in children. Here is what this breakthrough means for the children ...

Children whose mothers had diabetes during pregnancy had a higher risk for developing epilepsy during childhood, according to a study published in Pediatrics.“Our findings highlight that prenatal ...

LOS ANGELES - An injection for children that combines the vaccines for several major infectious disease causes a small increase in fever-related seizures in children, according to new research.

Background. Klein and colleagues have previously published data [1] on the frequency of febrile seizures after receipt of the measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine. They demonstrated that the ...

A new study led by researchers at University of Iowa Health Care has revealed a significant association between high blood pressure during pregnancy (gestational hypertension) and an increased risk of ...