Healio spoke with Eric Kossoff, MD, about screening, diagnosing and treating infantile spasms. “Infantile spasms is a condition that we actually do see a fair bit of,” he said. “Although it’s ...

Health advisor Lidia Molinara highlighted infantile spasms, a serious seizure type in babies aged 3-12 months, often mistaken for normal behavior. These spasms, appearing as head drops or jerky ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The model correctly identified 83% of movements that were infantile spasms. Researchers developed a digital tool ...

Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS), often called infantile spasms, is the most common form of epilepsy seen during infancy. Prompt diagnosis and referral to a neurologist are essential. But ...

LOS ANGELES — Artificial intelligence (AI) analysis of caregiver-recorded videos has the potential to diagnose infantile epileptic spasm syndrome, according to a new study. Infants with the condition ...

Infantile spasms represent a severe epileptic encephalopathy predominantly affecting early childhood, with West syndrome constituting a well‐defined clinical subset marked by a triad of spasms, ...

Infantile spasm (IS) is a severe epileptic syndrome of infancy and accounts for 50% of all epilepsy cases that occur in babies during the first year of life. Current treatment options for this ...

It was just something a little odd that first tipped Ashley Callahan's world sideways. Her 4-month-old daughter, Kaylee, sort of stiffened as if startled. It was brief and not entirely alarming. But ...

Infantile spasms (IS) are a rare, but serious type of seizure, occurring in 1 in 2,000 children, which can cause catastrophic, permanent damage to a child's developing brain. The seizures include ...

BANGALORE, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc said the U.S. health regulator approved its Acthar gel to treat seizures in infants, sending its shares up as much as 10 percent. Sign up ...