Competitive $1.7 million grant from National Institutes of Health to UC Riverside will support investigation of hyperexcitability in the brain. Ten percent of Americans experience a seizure in their lifetime, with... read more →
The mother of a profoundly disabled woman has taken her out of a council-run respite care centre because she came home with a big bruise on her arm. Annette Boozier’s... read more →
A girl with a rare genetic condition has finally spoken her first words thanks to a diet that involves eating four tubs of cream cheese a week. Three-year-old Fields Taylor... read more →
Children whose mothers take anti-epilepsy drugs during pregnancy face an increased risk of developing autism, a new study has warned. Researchers found that by the age of three years old,... read more →
Nancy Floris, a nurse from Amesbury, Mass., has learned when something scary is about to happen with her standard poodle, Spencer. "He is like in a trance almost,” she said... read more →
Scientists at Bonn University Hospital and at the Max Planck Institute for neurological research in Cologne have developed a method with which the chances of success of a surgical procedure... read more →
A mother-of-two who was scared of heights for years has overcome her fear by taking part in a skydive to help raise money for a Woodford Green hospice, which helps... read more →
The brother of a 28-year-old man who died after collapsing in the street is to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for charity. Richard Lord, 33, wants to raise £5,500... read more →
Further Studies Could Determine Benefit to Epilepsy Patients Without TSC. A drug originally developed to prevent the rejection of transplanted organs has now been shown to dramatically reduce seizures in... read more →
Hundreds of people got downright dirty for epilepsy today. The 20th annual mud volleyball tournament in Rutland was a huge success again this year. Bump, set, spike! It's not your... read more →