Epilepsy in children is a chronic neurological condition characterised by two or more unprovoked, recurring seizures resulting from sudden, abnormal electrical activity in the brain, affecting ...

Gene editing can repair a DNA error in mice that causes Dravet syndrome, a rare, incurable, and potentially deadly form of ...

New POLARIS Phase I/II data presented at ASGCT show ETX101 gene therapy reducing seizures and improving neurodevelopment in ...

Influencer Courtney Cahoon posted a video explaining that her daughter experienced a "severe" febrile seizure and needed CPR.

Engineering Quantum battery charges in a quadrillionth of a second with a laser — larger prototypes could last for years after charging for just a minute Neuroscience The brain's memory center doesn't ...

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 ...

Dravet syndrome is a severe developmental and epileptic encephalopathy caused primarily by SCN1A haploinsufficiency. Risks of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy and cognitive deficits are higher ...

A new study from the Advocate Aurora Research Institute - which is part of Advocate Health - published Tuesday in Hospital Pediatrics provides guidance for families and physicians caring for infants ...

A long-running debate over Tamiflu’s safety in children may finally be settled. Researchers found that influenza, not the antiviral medication, was linked to serious neuropsychiatric events like ...

Febrile seizures are convulsions that can happen when a young child has a fever above 100.4°F (38°C). (Febrile means "feverish.") The seizures usually last for a few minutes and stop on their own. The ...