Regents Professor D. Samba Reddy leads a team of pharmacology researchers that has made breakthrough discoveries in using CBD to treat and prevent hard-to-treat forms of epilepsy. The emerging field ...

Lisa Smith’s 14-year-old daughter, Haley, had run out of options. She was having roughly two dozen seizures a day and had tried “17 or 18” different pharmaceutical regimens, different diets, and an ...

In 2013, Tonya Taylor was suicidal because her epileptic seizures persisted despite taking a long list of medications. This story also ran on The Washington Post. It can be republished for free. Then ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LAS VEGAS — Cannabinoids have been shown to effectively control seizures across the epilepsy spectrum; however, ...

Cannabidiol (CBD), purchased online, has been linked to early puberty in a very young child with severe intractable epilepsy. The case report describes the unusual instance of a 2-year-old boy with ...

Share on Pinterest CBD may not only help to reduce seizure-related symptoms in people with epilepsy, research shows. Rowena Naylor/Stocksy United Cannabidiol (CBD) has been approved for use in the ...

The use and distribution of CBD is legal at the federal level, but may be illegal under state law. Some forms of CBD are ...

It can start with a vacant stare, what appear to be muscle twitches or a full-blown seizure. But no matter how it begins, any time a child is diagnosed with epilepsy is often a frightening time for ...

Over the last 20 years, the use of cannabidiol (CBD) to treat epileptic seizures has gained traction, particularly where anti-seizure medications have failed. CBD’s anticonvulsant properties are ...

In 2013, Tonya Taylor was suicidal because her epileptic seizures persisted despite taking a long list of medications. Then a fellow patient at a Denver neurologist’s office mentioned something that ...

Recently, there has been a growing interest in the potential benefits of CBD (cannabidiol) for dogs experiencing seizures and epilepsy. Seizures and epilepsy in dogs can be distressing for the ...