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

Dravet syndrome affects about 1 in 17,500 children. Having two daughters with the condition is “extraordinarily uncommon.” ...

A new experimental drug is showing remarkable promise for children with Dravet syndrome, a severe genetic form of epilepsy.

A new drug is transforming the lives of children born with a severe form of epilepsy, say doctors and families. Dravet syndrome can cause dozens of dangerous seizures a day and affects about one in ...

A new experimental treatment for children with a hard-to-treat form of epilepsy is safe and can reduce seizures dramatically, ...

November is Epilepsy Awareness Month, when awareness is raised for a condition that impacts nearly three million adults in the U.S.That's one percent of all adults, while nearly 500,000 kids in the ...

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions in the world, yet myths and misconceptions continue to surround it. In many societies, seizures are still wrongly linked to superstition or ...

An experimental treatment reduces seizures and other symptoms in children with a type of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome.

When she was 3 years old, Alana "Lani" Silverberg was eating a cookie when she started turning blue. Her mom, Sara, thought her daughter was choking and called 911. Lani was taken to Johns Hopkins ...

A new experimental treatment for children with a hard-to-treat form of epilepsy is safe and can reduce seizures dramatically, helping them lead much healthier and happier lives, the findings of a UCL ...

Children born to mothers with any diabetes type in Ontario, Canada, had a higher risk of developing epilepsy. For children of mothers with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, epilepsy risk tended to rise with ...