B was first diagnosed with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) due to the frequency and severity of his seizures. He was later confirmed to have the genetic mutation that indicates Dravet's.

Not all seizures are the same, and neither are the people who have them. So, treatment plans vary from person to person. But there are medications, commonly referred to as "rescue medications ...

Historically, seizure action plans have focused on certain high-risk groups—such as people with drug-resistant epilepsy and ...

People who develop epilepsy after a traumatic brain injury are at an 80% higher risk of premature death compared to those who ...

Laura Snyder never thought in a million years, she’d have to learn how to walk and talk again. In August of 2016 while living ...

Was anything wrong, or was it just in her head?Paige was, eventually, diagnosed with epilepsy, a short-circuiting of the ...

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A bill that’s won approval in the Iowa legislature calls on Iowa schools to train all staff in how to recognize and respond to seizures and have at least one person on staff who can administer ...

Certain common genetic changes might make some people with focal epilepsy less responsive to seizure medications, finds a new global study led by researchers at UCL and UTHealth Houston.

Certain common genetic changes might make some people with focal epilepsy less responsive to seizure medications, finds a new global study. Certain common genetic changes might make some people ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Common genetic variants in the genes CNIH3 and WDR26 are linked to drug resistance in focal epilepsy, affecting the efficacy of antiseizure medications. This ...