RUSH, N.Y. — Summer camps are in full swing, and a one-of-a-kind program in our area just got a major boost. The Pirate Toy Fund donated toys and books to Empowering People’s Independence Summer Camp, ...

MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) -- What started out as an idea is now an interactive book that allows kids to step into an adventure, while also teaching kids about epilepsy. "When we think about what we can be ...

Topical cannabidiol (CBD) gel, added to antiseizure medication, may help reduce seizures and improve quality of life in children with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies, according to the ...

The Wright family, from Middletown, holds National Rare Disease Day on Feb. 28 close to their hearts. Megan Wright, 35, and Ty Wright, 37, are parents to three children. Their middle child, 7-year-old ...

Barton Holmes was 16 months old when he had his first seizure. "He was convulsing and his eyes were rolling in the back of his head," his mother, Catherine McEaddy Holmes, says. "His lips were blue. I ...

A medicine made from marijuana, without the stuff that gives a high, cut seizures in kids with a severe form of epilepsy in a study that strengthens the case for more research into pot's possible ...

Children born to mothers with any diabetes subtype had an increased risk of epilepsy, a retrospective Canadian study showed. Compared with unexposed children, epilepsy risk was higher over 10.2 years ...

In a recent trend, parents of children with some forms of epilepsy are giving marijuana to their children in hopes of alleviating the seizures, but researchers say cannabis is not a proven treatment ...

Founded by former IT specialist Conor Butts, the company is now zeroing in on creating a more comfortable screening process for pediatric patients.

SEA ISLE CITY, New Jersey (WPVI) -- A group of young kids got together to "Seize the Wave" in Sea Isle City. The event gathered kids with epilepsy to receive one-on-one surf lessons. The goal was to ...