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, ...

Prompt diagnosis and treatment of infantile epileptic spasms syndrome, a severe seizure disorder beginning in infancy, can prevent developmental delays. But non-Hispanic Black children are less likely ...

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 ...

SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- From December 1 to 7, 2025, a coalition of organizations will mark the Eleventh Annual Infantile Spasms Awareness Week (ISAW). The goal of ISAW is to ...

A groundbreaking study has found the underlying cause and a potential treatment for infantile spasms -- intractable epilepsy common in babies and with limited treatment options. Infantile spasm (IS) ...

New research from Tufts University School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences suggests that the timing of the death of certain inhibitory neurons in the brain shortly after ...

A study of animal and human brains uncovered what causes infantile spasms and identified a hormone that could be used to treat and alleviate symptoms. By studying the brains of infantile spasm (IS) ...

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 ...

PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pyros Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Pyros or the Company), a leader in the development of enhanced specialty pharmaceuticals for rare diseases, announced today that the U.S ...

Lidia Molinara, a health care advisor, spoke about Infantile spasms that typically happens in children between 3-12 months of age. In a social media post, she wrote in detail on how to take care of ...