A long-running debate over Tamiflu’s safety in children may finally be settled. Researchers found that influenza, not the ...

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 ...

"The gap between patient beliefs and available scientific evidence highlights a set of factors that confound cannabinoid research and therapy, including the naturalistic fallacy (the belief that ...

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 ...

There's new data supporting the use of Epidiolex -- the first cannabidiol CBD medicine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration-- to help curb a form of epilepsy. The research found that the ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The doctors were out of ideas to help 5-year-old Charlotte Figi. Suffering from a rare genetic disorder, she had as many as 300 grand mal seizures a week, used a ...

First-generation antihistamines are linked to a 22% higher risk for seizures in children, new research shows. The risk appears to be most pronounced in children aged 6-24 months. Researchers in Korea ...

Early treatment with antiepileptic drugs reduces the length of fever-related seizures in children, according to a new study. Published Feb. 6 in the journal Epilepsia, the study also found that a ...

Researchers comparing two drugs used to treat epileptic seizures in children -- lorazepam (Ativan) and diazepam (Valium) -- found no difference between them in safety or effectiveness. Although ...

Feb. 5—Two Gilbert families allege that toxic sewer gas from a town pipeline has caused ongoing life-threatening seizures in their elementary school-aged sons. The families' notices of claim against ...