In a three-way test, a 50-year-old drug has edged out two newer ones for treatment of a kind of epilepsy that causes children to gaze off into space. The new study provides much-needed data for ...

Absence seizures, also known as silent or petit mal seizures, are a type of epilepsy that can go untreated, especially in children. The outward signs are subtle, with no convulsive seizures or ...

Dear Dr. Donohue: My 8-year-old granddaughter has a habit of drifting off to some distant place, even when someone is talking to her. My daughter took her to a neurologist who diagnosed petit mal ...

Absence seizure, formerly known as petit mal seizure, is a type of short seizure that usually causes a person to briefly lose focus, stare into space, and lose awareness of their surroundings. These ...

Q: My 8-year-old granddaughter is a bright, active, lovable child, but she has a habit of drifting off to a distant place even when someone is talking to her. These spells were increasing, and her ...

A seizure can be alarming, especially in children, who are often unable to describe it or call for help. Seizures are sudden bursts of electrical activity in the brain that cause changes in behaviour, ...

Absence seizures, common in children, present as brief lapses in awareness, often mistaken for daydreaming. These non-convulsive seizures involve staring spells and subtle movements, potentially ...

Researchers used a rodent model to discover that shifting the firing pattern of a particular set of brain cells is all it takes to initiate, or to terminate, an absence seizure. A particular structure ...