Seizures in children can be a terrifying experience for both the child and their parents. Understanding the underlying causes is crucial for effective management and treatment. This article will ...

If you see someone having a seizure or fit, there are some simple things you can do to help.

Patients with focal nonmotor seizures experience a "disproportionate delay to diagnosis" compared with those with focal motor seizures, especially among teens, new research suggests. Retrospective ...

Long-term, real-world evidence demonstrates early and lasting outcomes of adjunctive VNS Therapy on severe focal seizures “It is critically important to conduct long-term, real-world studies like CORE ...

Valproate (Depakene) emerged as the best first-line choice for generalized epilepsy in a pragmatic study and lamotrigine (Lamictal) as the best first-line treatment for focal epilepsy, British ...

Seizures in 60 percent of these drug-resistant cases start in one part of the brain, making surgical removal of the affected tissue the most effective treatment. The most common cause of focal ...

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 ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Unlike in adults, seizures, including status epilepticus (SE), may be the first and main ...

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Many families face the challenge of drug-resistant epilepsy, questioning the transition from medication to surgery.