Two-year-old Joscelyn Dempsey may not talk yet, but her favorite T-shirt is a wisecracker. The tot from Mount Dora underwent a series of radical brain surgeries — five in all... read more →
'Tan Mom' Patricia Krentcil hospitalized for seizure inside rehab facility. After several reported incidents of public drunkenness, Krentcil checked into The Lukens Institute on June 20 to undergo a 30-day... read more →
Gavin Roberts is hoping for a new lease of life after undergoing brain surgery. Gavin is facing the future with more confidence as he recovers from a major operation to remove... read more →
Children with epilepsy who are treated with a ketogenic diet (KD) accrue bone mass at a slower rate than their age-matched peers, Australian researchers reported here. "The findings from this... read more →
Phil Abraham had a healthy, normal childhood – until at age 11 he began having recurring seizures that sent him into a spiral of depression and memory loss. Thanks to... read more →
Stereotactic laser ablation of the hippocampus (SLAH) may result in fewer cognitive deficits and similar seizure freedom compared with standard resection for the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), 2... read more →
Dr. Gary Mathern, professor of pediatric neurosurgery and director of the UCLA Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, was honored with the Ambassador for Epilepsy Award by... read more →
Children with concurrent epilepsy and anxiety have volumetric brain changes similar to those observed in nonepileptic patients with anxiety, new research shows. "Frequently, anxiety in epilepsy is viewed as a... read more →
A lost minute three years ago is something Jeff Klauk can never forget. Behind the wheel as he took his wife and children to a Christmas Eve service in 2010,... read more →
The Epilepsy Center at Texas Children's Hospital has again been recognized by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) as a Level 4 epilepsy center. This designation recognizes the center's... read more →