When Miguel Cervantes and his wife, Kelly, first found out something was wrong with their daughter, they “started Googling around about infantile spasms, and it was just terrifying,” Miguel Cervantes ...

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 ...

(BPT) - Your new baby starts nodding her head sharply several times in a row after naps. Soon, it’s happening more often and for longer stretches throughout the day. Your friends point to ...

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, ...

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 ...

Children with infantile spasms, a rare form of epileptic seizures, should be treated with one of three recommended therapies and the use of non-standard therapies should be strongly discouraged, ...

My son, Logan, was born on March 13, 2020. His birth was unexpected; I was at home when my water broke. Luckily, my mom was with me and she helped deliver Logan. But when he was born, he was ...

"We've worked tirelessly to drive the message that infantile spasms are a medical emergency requiring swift diagnosis and treatment," said Kari Luther Rosbeck, President & CEO of the TSC Alliance ®.

"Infantile spasms are a medical emergency and can cause permanent brain damage if not treated immediately," said Kari Luther Rosbeck, President & CEO of the TSC Alliance ®. "Infantile Spasms Awareness ...