Giggle Seizures No Laughing Matter Nightline ABC News

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Meet the doctors who try to find a life-saving cure for this rare brain disease. For a rare number of children laughter can trigger gelastic seizures, and appear as spontaneous, uncontrollable and often maniacal giggles or laughter. • SUBSCRIBE for the latest news and updates from ABC News ► http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... • To read the full story and others, visit http://www.abcnews.com • Watch more news stories from ABC News! • Similar stories from ABC News ► • Cage-Fighting Kids • More from Nightline ► • Gunman Among Dead in Lafayette Movie ... • It is the most treasured and joyous sound for nearly every parent: their child's laughter. But for a rare number of children, laughter can signal a potentially devastating, even fatal future, and their parents will do anything to make the laughter stop. • The giggling when he was young was such an endearing type of a giggle that we thought it was his normal giggling, Robin Dysart of San Antonio, Texas, said about son Keagan, who is now 9. Until we realized he was giggling at inappropriate times. There wouldn't be anything to laugh about. • To read the full story and others, visit http://www.abcnews.com • Follow ABC News across the web! • Facebook: / abcnews • Twitter: / abc • Instagram: / abcnews • Great strides are made in the world of Health and Medicine everyday. From new pharmaceutical drugs, medical technology, discovering new viruses, to getting closer to finding a cure for diseases like cancer and AIDS, ABC News provides you access to medical stories and breaking medical news of the day. ABC News will keep you up to date on ground breaking medical research, the latest healthcare trends, health issues that affect you and your family, and advancements in the pharmaceuticals. ABC’s award winning team of anchors, reporters, correspondents, and producers get the answer you want, and need, from the leading doctors and medical professionals! For more information on out nations Health and the Medical field visit abcnews.com for more top stories. • Nightline • Nightline is a 30 minute late-night news program currently airing weeknights on ABC at 12:35am | 1:35am ET. Hosts Juju Chang, Dan Abrams and Dan Harris bring you in-depth reporting on the major stories, hot topics, and the day’s breaking news. You can catch Nightline everynight just after Jimmy Kimmel Live! • ABC News • Make ABC News your daily news outlet for breaking national and world news, broadcast video coverage, and exclusive interviews that will help you stay up to date on the events shaping our world. ABC News’ show roster has both leaders in daily evening and morning programming. Kick start your weekday mornings with news updates from Good Morning America (GMA) and Sundays with This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Get your evening fix with 20/20, Nightline, and ABC World News Tonight. Head to abc.go.com for programming schedule and more information on ABC News.

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