The number of U.S. children who suffer seizures after swallowing prescription medications or illicit drugs has doubled in recent years, a new study finds. Drug poisonings among kids resulting in ...

Barton Holmes was 16 months old when he had his first seizure. "He was convulsing and his eyes were rolling in the back of his head," his mother, Catherine McEaddy Holmes, says. "His lips were blue. I ...

Seizures caused by drug poisonings have doubled among U.S. children Cases doubled between 2009 and 2023 among kids ages 6 to 19 These seizures can be life-threatening WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 ...

A long-running debate over Tamiflu’s safety in children may finally be settled. Researchers found that influenza, not the antiviral medication, was linked to serious neuropsychiatric events like ...

Children of mothers who took certain anti-seizure medications while pregnant do not have worse neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 6, according to a long-running study. Children of mothers who took ...

A study found that most individuals diagnosed with focal epilepsy take over a year and more than one medication to be free of seizures. The study, led by researchers from the U.S. and Australia and ...

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, affecting 3.4 million Americans or 1 in 26 over a lifetime. The hallmark of epilepsy is seizures caused by abnormal bursts of electrical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Verbal abilities were similar in children exposed to antiseizure medication in the third trimester vs. those who ...

Before he came to Washington Corrections Center, Vincent Burnett had gone six years without a epileptic seizure. He began suffering from them after he was shot in the head more than a decade ago, but ...

The number of U.S. children who suffer seizures after swallowing prescription medications or illicit drugs has doubled in recent years, a new study finds. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News The ...