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• What Does a Seizure Look Like in a Child?

  Signs of a seizures in a child can vary. Learn what a seizure looks like and what to do if you suspect a child is having a seizure.

• Common Questions About the Ketogenic Diet for Pediatric Epilepsy

  Learn more about the ketogenic diet and how it is helps some patients with epilepsy. 

• May 15th is Global Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Awareness Day

  Lurie Children’s has a specialty clinic devoted to the diagnosis and care of children and families affected by TSC.

• Lurie Children’s Leads $4 Million Study Examining Improved Treatment for Severe Form of Epilepsy

  Twenty-six years ago, Dr. Tracy Dixon-Salazar’s little girl went from being a healthy, typical toddler to having hundreds of seizures a day virtually overnight.

• Pediatric Neurosurgeon Halts Baby’s Seizures with Minimally Invasive Brain Surgery

  For Aurora's condition, a hemispherotomy (sometimes also referred to as hemispherectomy) was the recommended surgery.

• Deciphering the Definition of Ketogenic Diet

  When you eat a ketogenic diet, the body flips from using glucose for energy to using fat and ketones for energy. 

• Food is Her Medicine – Ketogenic Diet Helps Baby Battling Seizures

  After three weeks of beginning the ketogenic diet, Olivia has been 100% seizure free. Read more.