News tagged with febrile seizures
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 ...
Sep 12, 2011 |
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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.
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Jun 27, 2011 |
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Combination MMRV vaccine linked with two-fold risk of seizures
The combination vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox (MMRV) is associated with double the risk of febrile seizures for 1- to 2-year-old children compared with same-day administration of the separate vaccine ...
Jun 28, 2010 |
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Most babies with uncomplicated febrile seizures can avoid spinal tap
When babies develop a fever high enough or abrupt enough to cause a seizure, frightened parents often rush them to the emergency room, where their workup frequently includes a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) to rule out bacterial ...
Jan 06, 2009 |
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Study challenges concerns on effectiveness of administering pneumococcal, shingles vaccines together
Administering both the pneumococcal and the herpes zoster vaccines to patients during the same visit is beneficial and does not appear to compromise the protective effect of the zoster vaccine, according to a Kaiser Permanente ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 12, 2011 |
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Could mutant flies give epilepsy sufferers greater peace of mind?
"Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration" — is the name of a rare and competitive grant that Reenan recently won from the National Institutes of Health. Beginning April 1, Reenan will use ...
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Feds checking post-vaccine seizures in young kids
(AP) -- Government officials are investigating an apparent increase in fever-related seizures in young children after they got a flu shot.
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Jan 20, 2011 |
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Studies assess complications and deaths from 2009 H1N1 influenza among children
More than one-fourth of children hospitalized with 2009 novel influenza A(H1N1) in California required intensive care or died, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of ...
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Higher incidence of seizures seen in children with H1N1 virus compared to seasonal flu
A recent study by researchers at the University of Utah determined that the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) caused a higher rate of neurological complications in children than the seasonal flu. The most common complications ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Severe Epilepsy Linked to Gene Mutation
University of Utah medical researchers have identified a gene with mutations that cause febrile seizures and contribute to a severe form of epilepsy known as Dravet syndrome in some of the most vulnerable patients - infants ...
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Fever after smallpox vaccination tied to individual genetic variations
St. Louis researchers have identified common DNA variations that underlie susceptibility to fever after smallpox vaccination. Their finding is the first to link individual differences written into the genetic code with a ...
Jun 18, 2007 |
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