Finlay Ritchie was just seven weeks old when brain surgery was first mentioned to his parents, Kali and Martin. "We felt completely numb going home on the train afterwards," Kali... read more →
Keck Medicine of USC has become the world’s first medical center to implant a responsive brain device newly approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat epilepsy. It... read more →
Police marched a Birmingham family off an aircraft – after a row over a disabled four-year-old’s seating arrangements. Mum Sabrina McCarl said she was “humiliated” by Monarch staff after she... read more →
On a dark night in November, Meagan Patrick drove from her home in Acton with her husband, Ken, and their two children to a medicinal marijuana dispensary in Portland. Ken... read more →
Sometimes, Brette Garnatz tells people the scars on her neck were caused by a cougar attack. “And some people believe it,” the 28-year-old Lakeside resident said with a grin. In... read more →
Over the last year, Meagan Patrick has watched her daughter, Addelyn, go from a happy, healthy baby to a medically fragile 14-month-old who cannot sit or stand on her own,... read more →
A London hospital is the first in Britain to pioneer home testing for epilepsy patients. The brain-scanning service rolled out by King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will benefit hundreds... read more →
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given approval for studies to begin on a medicinal form of marijuana for the treatment of intractable epilepsy in children. The drug,... read more →
Philanthropist and community activist Sally B. Thornton founded an annual benefit event nearly a decade ago to raise awareness about epilepsy and funds to support the Epilepsy Foundation of San... read more →
Patients with severe epilepsy are giving scientists the chance to see the human brain in action, a view they could never get with an MRI or other high-tech tools. By... read more →