Emma Friedmann has devoted her life to caring for her autistic son and raising awareness of the condition. The 42-year-old, who lives in Highfields, Leicester, is the latest nominee in... read more →
Research could help towards developing treatment for neurological disorders such as epilepsy. Scientists have developed an “off-switch” for the brain to effectively shut down neural activity using light pulses. In 2005,... read more →
April Coxon has been chosen to represent the North East in the finals of Miss Teen Great Britain, which will be held in Blackpool in August. The 17-year-old, from Penshaw,... read more →
On a normal day, you are peddling your bike down a heat-warped road. The next thing you know, you wake up, lying on the sidewalk. You look over and see... read more →
enee Petro is a mother pushing for the legalization of marijuana, so she can treat her son, Brandon, for epilepsy. While vowing to keep campaigning for the passage of the... read more →
When a retired police officer from Summerland, B.C., left his job after 25 years, he hardly imagined fighting for his little granddaughter to be given marijuana. Chris Nuessler, along with... read more →
Controlling seizures is key: Get help from your doctor. Just about all aspects of a person’s life can be impacted by a diagnosis of epilepsy, including working, driving and family... read more →
Zonegran (zonisamide) is well tolerated and efficacious when used as an adjunctive (add-on) treatment for partial epilepsy, with or without secondary generalization, in children aged between six and 17 years... read more →
US Food and Drug Administration has approved a device that has been shown to reduce seizures in patients with medication-resistant epilepsy by as much as 50 percent. When the device... read more →
Between 10 and 20 percent of all cases of epilepsy result from severe head injury, but a new drug promises to prevent post-traumatic seizures and may forestall further brain damage... read more →