http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The new 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) appears to be as safe as the previous version used prior to 2010, the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7), according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in Vaccine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-pneumococcal-vaccine-safe-previously.html Medications Wed, 22 May 2013 11:00:01 EST news288435605 Researchers from the UK determined that developmental delays are present in children within six weeks following convulsive status epilepticus (CSE)—a seizure lasting longer than thirty minutes. The study appearing today in Epilepsia, a journal published by Wiley on behalf of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), suggests that neurodevelopmental impairments continue to be present one year after CSE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-developmental-children-prolonged-seizures.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:01 EST news284558334 (HealthDay)—Not all prolonged seizures permanently hurt children with epilepsy, according to preliminary findings from a long-term follow-up study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-children-seizures.html Neuroscience Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:40:01 EST news273776129 Seizures during childhood fever are usually benign, but when prolonged, they can foreshadow an increased risk of epilepsy later in life. Now a study funded by the National Institutes of Health suggests that brain imaging and recordings of brain activity could help identify the children at highest risk. The study reveals that within days of a prolonged fever-related seizure, some children have signs of acute brain injury, abnormal brain anatomy, altered brain activity, or a combination. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-mri-eeg-children-epilepsy-febrile.html Neuroscience Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:00:06 EST news271517906 In a newly reported set of experiments that show the value of a particularly precise but difficult genetic engineering technique, researchers at Brown University and the University of California–Irvine have created a Drosophila fruit fly model of epilepsy to discern the mechanism by which temperature-dependent seizures happen. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-flies-secret-seizures.html Neuroscience Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:35:50 EST news269188541 New research shows that human herpesviruses (HHV)-6B and HHV-7, commonly know as roseola virus), account for one third of febrile status epilepticus (FSE) cases. Results of the FEBSTAT prospective study now available in Epilepsia, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), suggest that HHV-6B may be involved in the development of epilepsy and further research is urgently needed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-childhood-virus-infection-linked-prolonged.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:08 EST news258816114 Vaccines for measles were not associated with an increased risk of febrile seizures among 4-6 year olds during the six weeks after vaccination, according to a study by the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center that appears in the current issue of Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-measles-containing-vaccines-linked-febrile-seizures.html Medications Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:31:41 EST news252559894 (HealthDay) -- Children who receive a combination vaccine known as DTaP-IPV-Hib have no significant increased risk of febrile seizure, a convulsion triggered by a fever, during the week after vaccination, researchers in Denmark report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-significant-seizure-common-kids-vaccine.html Medications Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:31:55 EST news249150697 New research shows that febrile seizures in children may be linked to respiratory alkalosis, indicated by elevated blood pH and low carbon dioxide levels caused by hyperventilation, and independent of the underlying infection severity. Febrile seizures were not observed in susceptible children with fevers brought on by gastroenteritis, suggesting that low blood pH levels (acidosis) may have a protective effect. Full findings now appear in Epilepsia, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-hyperventilation-trigger-febrile-seizures-children.html Medical research Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:08:41 EST news235015706 UC Irvine and French researchers have identified a central switch responsible for the transformation of healthy brain cells into epileptic ones, opening the way to both treat and prevent temporal lobe epilepsy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-master-adult-epilepsy.html Neuroscience Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:11:14 EST news228395434