Cannabis-Based Drug Reduces Seizures in Children With Treatment Resistant Epilepsy
Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 10:03
in Health & Medicine
Children and young adults with severe forms of epilepsy that does not respond to standard antiepileptic drugs have fewer seizures when treated with purified cannabinoid, according to a multi-center study led by researchers from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco. “Better treatment for children with uncontrolled seizures is desperately needed,” said Maria Roberta Cilio, MD, […]