Greg Ontiveros is a 38-year-old who suffers from nocturnal epilepsy. It’s a brain disorder that causes him to have seizures in his sleep. He was diagnosed with the condition a decade... read more →
A teenage girl almost died on her birthday after suffering a one in a million toxic reaction to her epilepsy medication. Danika Heron's skin began to burn from the inside... read more →
For years, Lisa Clark's life revolved around her seizures. With her brain constantly experiencing its version of an electrical storm, she wasn't able to walk around the block by herself... read more →
In the past year, Sanjay Gupta has made no secret of his support for medical marijuana. A desire for policy change has always been implicit in that support. But in... read more →
November is national Epilepsy month, and while many people are aware that people with Epilepsy have seizures, few know much more than that. Marcy Hendrickson was an active 16-year-old, on... read more →
More than 2 million Americans have epilepsy. It isn’t clear how many of these individuals live in Colquitt County. But students at the Gifted Education with Academic Rigor center — GEAR —... read more →
Celeste Shearer chose the Shel Silverstein poem Listen to the Mustn'ts and the Green Day song Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) to thank her doctor for taking the extra... read more →
Next week, the Minnesota Department of Health will name the two companies it has selected to grow and refine the state’s entire supply of medical marijuana. While some communities are... read more →
After calling for a routine prescription refill, Craig Elliott got a rude shock: His bill was going up fivefold. The 44-year-old piano tuner and guitar instructor, who has health insurance,... read more →
A new wristband from a startup called Empatica is built for people with epilepsy—it hopes to detect their seizures and alert family when they’re in the throes of one—but it... read more →