Kannon Cooper gets the wiggles. That’s what his family and friends call the seizures that he experiences. Some are small and silent. Others are grand convulsions. All can be scary... read more →
Jessica Waters was 11 years old when she was diagnosed with epilepsy. Her life completely changed. She wasn’t allowed to do the things that other kids could such as swimming... read more →
Approximately 50 to 70 million US adults suffer from sleep or wakefulness disorders, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention deems insufficient sleep a public health epidemic.1Inadequate sleep has... read more →
She is a young girl who has gone through more in her life than she should have done. But that has not stopped ten-year-old Nazanin Kiamenesh from doing whatever she... read more →
October Davis is like most 9-year-old children, she wanted to start her own lemonade stand. What is different is the reason she wanted to do it. October wanted to raise... read more →
A tiny speck of dirt, that’s what Olivia Nell calls it in her letter. She acknowledges its presence but dismisses its power. “Dear Epilepsy,” she writes. “You put my emotions... read more →
The suicide rate among people with epilepsy is 22 percent higher than the general population, according to a new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),... read more →
If you or someone you love is a woman with epilepsy, then you may be wondering if motherhood is an option. The good news is that in most cases, the... read more →
Sometimes it's not the quantity of a gift that counts, but the spirit in which it's given. That was the case last week when a dozen teenagers who work concessions... read more →
Debilitating epilepsy has filled Broc Bartenhagen’s young life with numbers he can’t comprehend. Start with 20, which is about how many different prescription drugs the 14-year-old Gretna boy has tried... read more →