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The results of a study provide strong evidence that a diet high in fat and low in carbohydrates — a so-called “ketogenic diet” — can help control seizures in children with stubborn epilepsy that does not respond well to drug therapy.
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Toddlers of moms who took the epilepsy drug valproate during pregnancy had lower IQs than the children of women who used other anti-seizure medicines, according to a...
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Federal health regulators are ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warnings about increased risks of suicide to their products.
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Treatment with certain epilepsy drugs may expose some Asian patients to serious skin reactions, federal health officials warned Monday.
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Cadell, 3, has a rare form of gelastic epilepsy, which causes strange bouts of laughter – and could one day kill him, London’s Daily Mail reported Monday.
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Television and film actor Greg Grunberg shown here with “Heroes” of his own at the Learning from Inspiring Voices with Epilepsy (L.I.V.E.) event. Hosted by Epilepsy Advocates (www.epilepsyadvocate.com) and sponsored by UCB, L.I.V.E. events are held to...
