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.

Researchers says millions of people globally could be carriers of the faulty gene behind the disorder.

Copenhagen, Denmark: New data shows that the number of children suffering a seizure after swallowing medications or illegal substances has doubled between 2009 and 2023 in the US. The findings were ...

Seizures during sleep may be responsible for some sudden deaths in young children, according to researchers from NYU Langone Health who used home monitoring video donated by families of seven toddlers ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers assessed associations between prescriptions of first-generation-type antihistamine drugs and seizures among children. Study: ...

The children were suffering from hypothalamic hamartoma, causing gelastic seizures, commonly known as “laughing epilepsy.” ...

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 ...