New Ways to Stop Seizures: Medicine, Surgery, and Technology
Epilepsy is a brain condition that causes repeated seizures, and doctors now have many more ways to help people control them. This review looked at advances …
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Seizure Medications May Weaken Bones in Children
Researchers followed 65 children with epilepsy for one year to see how seizure medications affected their bone health. They found that children taking these …
Read MoreHow Keto Diet Changes Your Gut and Affects Your Health
Scientists reviewed what happens in your digestive system when you eat a ketogenic diet—a diet high in fat and very low in carbs. Your gut does much more than …
Read MoreNew Treatment Combo Helps Kids With Rare Seizure Condition
Researchers studied a rare and serious seizure condition in children called FIRES that happens after a fever or infection. They tested whether combining two …
Read MoreHow to Safely Stop the Keto Diet for Kids with Seizures
Researchers studied how to safely stop the ketogenic diet (a special high-fat, low-carb diet) in children with epilepsy. They looked at 57 children who had …
Read MoreNew Tool Helps People Understand the Ketogenic Diet for Epilepsy
Researchers created a new questionnaire called iKETO-KNOW to help patients and caregivers understand the ketogenic diet, a special eating plan used to treat …
Read MoreWhy Some Seizures Don't Respond to Medicine: A Cellular Power Problem
About one-third of people with epilepsy don't respond well to current medications, making their condition very difficult to treat. Scientists are discovering …
Read MoreNew Brain Stimulation Treatments for Severe Childhood Seizures
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is a serious brain condition that causes frequent seizures in children and can affect learning and development. Regular seizure …
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