The research, taking place at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, offers new hope to families fighting against Dravet Syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy that devastates childhood development.

Asthma is caused by a combination of factors. People who develop asthma may have a genetic predisposition and react to ...

The parts of the brain that are needed to remember words, and how these are affected by a common form of epilepsy, have been identified by a team of neurologists and neurosurgeons at UCL.

In a recent case study, researchers from North Carolina State University found Bartonella henselae, Babesia odocoilei and ...

What initially seems like purely psychological trouble may indeed have roots in physical conditions that, once identified, ...

When Angela Asemota’s son began having seizures at six years old in 1996, people gossiped, but eventually he was diagnosed with epilepsy.

Australian women are still suffering in silence.It's a confronting reality: 82 per cent of women feel they are the only ...

Meningitis in Children. Parents should know the various symptoms of meningitis in children that can endanger their safety.

Every parent should know and check for signs of leukemia. Because, checking and handling that is not fast and right can ...

Researchers have deepened our understanding of two of the five members of the CDKL family of genes, CDKL2 and CDKL1. They show that variants in these genes can lead to neurodevelopmental conditions, ...

From the age of 18 months or 2 years of age they will show more and more symptoms of Lennox ... a genetic cause or a metabolic cause of the syndrome. Treatment for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome can be ...

POLG-related diseases disrupt the function of the mitochondria, or "powerhouses" of the cell — starving them of energy.