Special Diet Helps Boy With Hard-to-Treat Seizures
Researchers discovered that a special high-fat, low-carb diet called the ketogenic diet may help children with a rare genetic form of epilepsy that doesn't …
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A Special Diet Helps Kids with a Rare Brain Condition
Researchers in Argentina studied 39 children with a rare condition called Glut1DS, which affects how the brain uses sugar for energy and can cause seizures and …
Read MoreNew Clues About a Rare Brain Disease in Mice
Scientists studied a rare genetic disease called nonketotic hyperglycinemia, which causes severe seizures in newborns. Using mice with this disease, …
Read MoreA Special Fat May Help Reduce Seizures by Fixing Body Chemistry
Scientists discovered that a genetic mutation causing seizures changes how the body processes energy and nutrients. They found that a type of healthy fat …
Read MoreSpotting Rare Metabolic Disorders Through Seizure Patterns
Some children are born with rare conditions where their bodies can't process certain nutrients properly, and these conditions often cause seizures that don't …
Read MoreIs the Keto Diet Safe for Kids With Hard-to-Treat Seizures?
Researchers studied whether the ketogenic diet (a high-fat, low-carb eating plan) is safe for children with epilepsy that doesn't respond well to medications. …
Read MoreGut Bacteria May Help Seizure Medications Work Better
Researchers tested whether adding special bacteria (probiotics) to a seizure medication could help control seizures better in rats with brain injuries. They …
Read MoreWhen Seizure Medicines Make Things Worse: A Hidden Cause Doctors Missed
A 27-year-old man kept having seizures even though he was taking multiple seizure medications. Doctors discovered his body wasn't controlling calcium levels …
Read MoreHow a High-Fat Diet May Help Control Seizures
Researchers studied how a ketogenic diet (a diet very high in fat and very low in carbs) affects brain chemicals in rats. They found that this diet changed the …
Read MoreSpecial Diets That Help Kids With Hard-to-Treat Seizures
Doctors sometimes use special high-fat diets called ketogenic diets to help children whose seizures don't respond to regular medicines. Experts from around the …
Read MoreWhy Your Brain Needs Vitamin B6 to Stop Seizures
Scientists discovered that vitamin B6 plays a crucial role in preventing seizures by helping special brain cells called GABAergic neurons work properly. Using …
Read MoreKetogenic Diet Side Effects in Kids with Epilepsy: Most Are Manageable
Researchers reviewed 26 studies to understand the side effects of the ketogenic diet in children with hard-to-treat epilepsy. This high-fat, low-carb diet …
Read MoreSpecial Diet May Help Brain Development in Rare Childhood Epilepsy
Scientists studied how a high-fat, low-carb diet called the ketogenic diet affects the brain in a rare form of childhood epilepsy called infantile epileptic …
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