Are you worried whether your child has epilepsy? If your child has epilepsy, are you afraid to send him/ her to school, to play or do sports? Epileptic seizures in children can be a deeply distressing ...

Lessens or stops communication between hemispheres Certain types of seizures can be stopped, and other types become less frequent. This surgery is mostly done in children whose seizures start on one ...

Mikey Fallon’s epileptic seizures intensified at puberty. A high-stakes operation aided by a robot system was his only hope ...

Jan. 22, 2025 — Doctors could soon reduce epilepsy misdiagnoses by up to 70% using a new tool that turns routine electroencephalogram, or EEG, tests that appear normal into highly accurate ...

The ketogenic diet, or ketogenic diet therapy, is sometimes used as a treatment for epilepsy. For some children and adults, the ketogenic diet helps to control their seizures. There are different ...

An absence seizure causes you to blank out or stare into space for a few seconds. They can also be called petit mal seizures. Absence seizures are most common in children. They usually don’t cause any ...

Maternal psychologic distress between the first and second halves of pregnancy is associated with epilepsy in children aged 1 to 3.

THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Disability is a significant risk factor for lower quality of life (QOL) and increased caregiver burden among children with epilepsy and their caregivers, ...

Looking for information on children's epilepsy surgery? You can find our information on children’s epilepsy surgery here. Epilepsy surgery could be for you if you have drug resistant epilepsy. This ...

The pediatric epilepsy team at Johns Hopkins has almost 100 years of experience in treating epilepsy with the ketogenic diet. More than 1,500 children have been enrolled in our ketogenic diet program ...

Minnie Granger was suffering over 100 seizures a day before she was prescribed cannabidiol, but her mum wants a medication ...