In the wake of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's announcement of a pilot medical marijuana program in New York, advocates of medical cannabis are urging for a more comprehensive and regulated system.... read more →
The ketogenic diet is well established as an effective treatment for patients with refractory epilepsy, and although studies presented at the annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society confirm its... read more →
Waggy-tailed Walter has become James Fuller's best friend, as Wendy Roberts discovers. James Fuller, living with autism, likes to go for walks in the park and look at trees. The... read more →
A baby who suffered up to a hundred seizures a day is now seizure-free thanks to an eight-hour brain operation. Finlay Ritchie, just 13 months old, was diagnosed with severe... read more →
Tracy Popalo of Lemoyne never thought she’d be an advocate for medicinal marijuana — but, then again, she also never thought she’d have to watch her 11-year-old daughter suffer from... read more →
In the remote and rural Bhutan, epilepsy is commonly misdiagnosed as the work of demons or evil spirits. A University of Ottawa professor is hoping to change that perception in... read more →
A UK company that makes medicines from cannabis has raised nearly $90m on New York’s Nasdaq stock exchange to develop a treatment for childhood epilepsy. GW Pharmaceuticals already sells a... read more →
At 87 years old, a Kansas City icon is still devoted to helping and serving others. Former mayor, Dr. Charles Wheeler, was in the right place at the right time... read more →
Liz and Anthony Sinclair are hosting a 12-hour relay swim on Sunday in Yeppoon to raise money and awareness for their five-year-old son Cooper who suffers from Dravet Syndrome. There... read more →
here's long been concern that certain drugs taken to control seizures might be unsafe for use by pregnant women, due to potential effects on the fetus. Now, new British research... read more →