University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have revealed how the popular, low-carb ketogenic diet protects against ...

In today’s Health Headlines, what you need to know about epilepsy — including how to recognize a seizure, how to help someone ...

When a high fever triggers seizures in a child, the experience can be very scary for the parents, but most of the time, the seizures will resolve on their own. Febrile seizures are convulsions that ...

Aug. 8 -- THURSDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Even in high-risk children, death from febrile (fever-linked) seizures is rare, say Danish researchers who analyzed data on 1.6 million children. Febrile ...

The diagnosis: The man appeared to be having clonic seizures — repeated jerking movements — in his arm while solving sudoku, ...

Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD), a local malformation of cortical development, is the most common cause of pharmacoresistant epilepsy associated with life-long neurocognitive impairments. It remains ...

September 22, 2011 — A new study has shed more light on the link between febrile seizures and fever-induced respiratory alkalosis. The study shows that children with febrile seizures have a relatively ...

Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD Key Takeaways Stress can cause seizures in people with or without ...

Researchers at the University of Alabama have found a way to mimic epileptic seizures in the tiny roundworm C. elegans. The finding could make the worm a powerful model for unraveling the molecular ...

If your child has a seizure, it's natural to have plenty of concerns about what exactly happened, why, and what comes next. There are treatments that can help, but a lot depends on the cause of the ...