First-generation antihistamines are linked to a 22% higher risk for seizures in children, new research shows. The risk appears to be most pronounced in children aged 6-24 months. Researchers in Korea ...

The number of U.S. children who suffer seizures after swallowing prescription medications or illicit drugs has doubled in recent years, a new study finds. Drug poisonings among kids resulting in ...

Highest risk seen in young children aged 6 to 24 months. HealthDay News — First-generation antihistamines are associated with a higher seizure risk in young children, according to a study published ...

Researchers are optimistic after early results showed that experimental drug treatment zorevunersen may significantly reduce the number of seizures in children with a rare and severe form of epilepsy.

Over the last 15 years, the number of seizures from drug exposure has doubled in kids aged 6-19. This is from a new study from the University of Virginia analyzing cases reported to poison control ...

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

The doctors were out of ideas to help 5-year-old Charlotte Figi. Suffering from a rare genetic disorder, she had as many as 300 grand mal seizures a week, used a wheelchair, went into repeated cardiac ...

Being a teenager comes with its challenges, but when you live with epilepsy, it can be more difficult. Be kind to yourself, ...

Occur only once per 24-hour period. Events that seem otherwise like febrile seizures but that violate these rules, usually by longer duration or by having multiple recurrences in 24 hours, are ...

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a rare and severe form of epilepsy, accounting for up to 4 percent of all childhood epilepsy cases. LGS is characterized by three criteria: multiple seizure types, ...

In a recent trend, parents of children with some forms of epilepsy are giving marijuana to their children in hopes of alleviating the seizures, but researchers say cannabis is not a proven treatment ...