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Growing up, Lexi Waggoner instinctively knew what to do when her little brother Luke had seizures at home.She’d hold his hand and talk to him during the sudden stiffness or muscle spasms and blank stare. She made sure he wasn’t choking. She stayed …

Children and teens with Dravet syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy, have new hope following treatment with an investigative therapy that alters the effects of the genetic abnormality responsible for their condition.Following treatment, children …

Cook Children’s Medical Center – Prosper has opened its Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU), allowing children experiencing seizures to receive integrated care closer to their homes and communities. The unit is similar to the EMU at the Jane and John …

In this episode of Untold: The Stories of Cook Children's, we dive into the fascinating world of pediatric neurology with Scott Perry, M.D., head of Neurosciences and director of the Jane and John Justin Institute for Mind Health at Cook Children's. …

This is the third part of a series as we follow a Cook Children's patient through the art of treating epilepsy.  Click here for the first part of the series and here for the second part.