To earn CME related to this news article, click here. January 14, 2009 — Lumbar puncture may not be necessary for a first simple febrile seizure at ages 6 to 18 months because the risk for bacterial ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most simple febrile seizures will not require further evaluation, but pediatricians should consider meningitis, ...

CLEVELAND — November marks National Epilepsy Awareness Month, drawing attention to a neurological condition that affects almost 3 million adults and nearly half a million children across the United ...

Children are very sensitive and equally vulnerable to diseases and infection. Infants can especially catch infection very quickly as their immune system is not fully developed and is comparatively ...

Three simple steps could make all the difference to someone having an epileptic seizure. The Epilepsy Society has joined with St John Ambulance to advise people on what action to take if they find ...

A febrile seizure is a convulsion that can occur when a child has a fever, usually as a result of infection. The seizure often occurs during the first day of a fever, which is defined as a temperature ...

Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have discovered higher levels of immune proteins in the blood before and after an epileptic seizure. The possible biomarkers can be identified using a simple ...

Q: When my son was in high school, he was diagnosed with epilepsy. His first and second seizures occurred at school. No one there had any training on how to handle a seizure. Please explain what a ...

How did this project start? We built our first sweatband sensor to get emotional information from autistic children outside the lab. But then one of my undergrad researchers asked if he could borrow a ...

Epilepsy affects more than 500,000 people in the UK and while it usually starts in childhood, it can strike anyone at any time. Cells in the brain known as neurons send electrical impulses to each ...

Epilepsy affects more than 500,000 people in the UK and while it usually starts in childhood, it can strike anyone at any time. Cells in the brain known as neurons send electrical impulses to each ...