News tagged with febrile seizures

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Study finds new pneumococcal vaccine appears to be as safe as previously used vaccine

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 ...

Medications created May 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Engineered flies spill secret of seizures

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 ...

Neuroscience created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find master switch for adult epilepsy

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.

Neuroscience created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: No significant rise in seizure risk from common kids' vaccine

(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, ...

Medications created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Developmental delays in children following prolonged seizures

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 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MRI and EEG could identify children at risk for epilepsy after febrile seizures

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 ...

Neuroscience created Nov 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Measles-containing vaccines not linked with increased risk of febrile seizures in kids 4-6

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 ...

Medications created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Childhood virus infection linked to prolonged seizures with fever

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 jour ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hyperventilation may trigger febrile seizures in children

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 ...

Medical research created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Children's seizures not always damaging, study finds

(HealthDay)—Not all prolonged seizures permanently hurt children with epilepsy, according to preliminary findings from a long-term follow-up study.

Neuroscience created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0