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Rapid DNA sequencing yields timely answers for infant epilepsy

Treating children with epilepsy has traditionally been a matter of trial and error, trying different drugs one after the other. …Read More

Colleen Gagnon felt something wasn’t right soon after her daughter Niamh was born but tried to convince herself she was …Read More

The number of genes implicated in epilepsy has grown rapidly in the past decade. This raises questions about what tests …Read More

Liliane has a lot to be grateful for this holiday season. Until just this year, her 16-year-old daughter Emily, who …Read More

Fasting has been believed since ancient times to curb seizures in epilepsy, and small patient studies in the early 1900s …Read More

Ten-year-old Annie Dinan experienced her first noticeable seizure just before her fourth birthday while riding in the car with her …Read More

When child neurologist Annapurna Poduri, MD, MPH finished her clinical epilepsy fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital in 2004, she was …Read More

My name is Dennis. I’m 15 years old and live in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Two years ago, I started …Read More

As a nurse, Lynda Coto was used to solving problems — until she was faced with her own daughter’s seemingly inexplicable …Read More

Lots of people don’t like the heat. It makes them feel uncomfortable and sluggish. But for Mary, being outside on …Read More