Chinese researchers have built a nomogram from serum interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6, and vitamin D levels that ...

First-generation antihistamines are associated with a higher seizure risk in young children, according to a study published online Aug. 28 in JAMA Network Open. The researchers identified 11,729 ...

Children who have seizures due to high fevers generally won't develop epilepsy, though. The risk of epilepsy increases if a childhas a prolonged fever-associated seizure, another nervous system ...

To stratify the risk of future epilepsy, physicians have historically used lumbar puncture, neuroimaging, and electroencephalography in these patients. Four predictors of future epilepsy in children ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although fever-related seizures can prove fatal for some children, such deaths are nonetheless extremely rare, a large study from Denmark shows. The findings, reported in ...

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, ...

Glauser TA, Cnaan A, Shinnar S, et al; Childhood Absence Epilepsy Study Group. Ethosuximide, valproic acid, and lamotrigine in childhood absence epilepsy. N Engl J Med. 2010;362:790-799. This study ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Children who have unexplained seizures and flu-like symptoms should be tested for infection with the H1N1 swine flu virus and treated with flu-fighting drugs, U.S. health officials ...

The researchers said certain antiseizure medication could reduce the effectiveness of several kinds of hormonal birth control.

A University of Pittsburgh-led study of Medicaid data found that nearly one-third of epilepsy patients prescribed susceptible ...

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