One of the most common brain disorders, epilepsy affects around 1% of the United States population: close to 3 million adults and more than 450,000 children. It was first mentioned in ancient Greek...
Down syndrome affects more than 6,000 babies born each year in the United States, including 1 in 700 newborns and even more pregnancies. From a scientific perspective, much has happened...
Alfred Hitchcock may have taken inspiration for his film The Birds from an episode of shellfish poisoning. To back up a bit, after hundreds of seabirds slammed into houses, cars, and people in a [...]
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE) are a severe type of epilepsy characterized by multiple unprovoked seizures that can begin from the time of in utero...
Understanding How Childhood Trauma Impacts Development and Mental Health: In recent years, there has been a surge of research
into early brain development.
