Topic: Epilepsy
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-09-23 17:23:55
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treating seizures during pregnancy is a delicate balance. On the one hand, seizures are dangerous for mother and fetus. On the other, the medications used to treat seizure disorder - also known as epilepsy - may harm the fetus.</p><p>Now, new research suggests that it is ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-09-22 13:53:48
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research suggests that it is largely the drugs used to treat epilepsy and not the condition itself that increase the risk of adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes.</p><p>"Epilepsy is the most common maternal neurologic disorder requiring medical treatment during pregnancy," Dr. Gyri Veiby ...
AP News | 2009-08-21 18:56:24
<div id="subtitle">Lundbeck's Sabril first drug approved by FDA for treatment of rare seizure disorder in infants</div><div><p>The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first drug to treat infantile spasms, a rare disorder that can cause hundreds of seizures per day in children less than ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-08-12 23:37:58
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who are intellectually normal may have problems with language, memory, learning and other thinking or "cognitive" skills at or around the time they experience a first epileptic seizure, according to new research out in the medical journal Neurology.</p><p>"Our study highlights the importance ...
