Articles tagged with 'dravet syndrome' | Checkup Newsroom

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 …

Running around too much or getting too hot used to trigger seizures several times a week for 8-year-old Sebastian Ruiz.But since he started new investigational treatment through a clinical study at Cook Children’s, the seizures happen less often -- …

Colton Ragsdale is done with reading time. Gayla Baldacci, special education teacher at Jo Kelly School, gives him his eye-gaze tablet, a device that allows users to control it and communicate using their eyes. Colton tells her whether he wants to …