Epilepsy drug 'lowers baby IQs'
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Research on mothers taking an anti-epilepsy drug in Manchester and Liverpool suggests it may lead to their children having low IQs.
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Healthy infants who constantly cry may be at risk for having a lower IQ and behavioral problems in their childhood years. A new study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Colleagues in Norway
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Feeding very low birth-weight infants with mother's milk rather than formula doesn't seem to improve their neurological development, researchers have found.
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Epilepsy drugs used by millions of people may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior, the Food and Drug Administration warned in an alert to doctors Thursday.
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Pregnant women suffering from epilepsy need to better informed about the risks of birth defects from treatments used to control their seizures, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Children who were exposed to  cocaine in the womb show poorer-than-average language skills  during their early years and do not catch up, new research  suggests.
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Children who were given a heart transplant in infancy score in the low-average range on tests of neurological development and IQ, according to a report in the Journal of Pediatrics.
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Urgent safety studies are needed for newer epilepsy drugs increasingly given to children, say UK researchers.
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An anti-epilepsy drug first licensed in the UK in 1975 may cause long-term developmental problems in children born to pregnant women using it, suggest the results of a new study.
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The results of a small study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry suggest that the epilepsy drug topiramate may provide long-term benefits for people with binge-eating disorder and obesity.
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Pfizer Inc. said on Monday that its  Lyrica epilepsy drug reduced the frequency of partial seizures  by as much as 53 percent when given as an add-on therapy to  other anti-epileptic treatments, according to a study in the  journal Neurology.
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Pregnant women suffering from epilepsy  need to better informed about the risks of birth defects from  treatments used to control their seizures, researchers said on  Tuesday.
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An Australian study has confirmed fears that the use of a sex hormone to reduce the adult height of tall girls impairs their ability to have children.
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U.S. health officials alerted doctors on Thursday that medicines used to treat epilepsy and psychiatric disorders may raise the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with epilepsy who have failed other treatments may be able to dramatically reduce their number of seizures by following a modified Atkins-like diet, Johns Hopkins researchers report.
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Oct. 13, 2004 -- A widely used group of epilepsy drugs already linked to birth defects is now being blamed for lowering IQ and causing developmental delays in the offspring of women who take them during pregnancy.
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NEW YORK  - Infants with impaired growth in the womb, indicated by low birth weight or birth before full term, appear to have an increased risk of epilepsy in early childhood, according to a new study.