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  • EPILEPSY
    • Living With Epilepsy
      • About Epilepsy
      • Diagnosis
      • Epilepsy Myths
      • Facts & Statistics
      • First Aid
      • Glossary
      • Medication Safety
      • Patient Assistance
      • Questions & Answers
      • Questions To Ask Your Doctor
      • Seizure Triggers
      • Treatment Options
    • Types of Epilepsy
      • Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
      • Dravet Syndrome
      • Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
      • Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
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      • Sturge-Weber Syndrome
      • Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
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      • Absence Seizures (Petit Mal)
      • Atonic Seizures (Drop Attacks)
      • Clonic Seizures
      • Focal Impaired Awareness Seizures
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      • Myoclonic Seizures
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Wales Family Finds Hope in New Jersey Pediatric Hospital

Many parents would go to the ends of the earth to help their sick child get well. Stewart and Kirsty McCarthy actually did... READ MORE
  • July 9, 2023
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Kindness of strangers ‘meant the world’ after son suffered seizure, business owner says

Phillippe Octavien, says his five-year-old son had a seizure at the market. It prompted him to speak out about the kindness of strangers in the crowd. READ MORE
  • July 5, 2023
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Minnesota author aims to spread epilepsy awareness through new book

Barbara Mack is the author of “The Hand I’ve Been Dealt - A life lived with epilepsy.” READ MORE
  • June 19, 2023
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Epilepsy and memory: What’s the relationship?

People with epilepsy may experience memory problems. READ MORE
  • June 8, 2023
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Genetic Link between alzheimer’s disease and Epilepsy

Epilepsy linked to increased risk of alzheimer's disease. READ MORE
  • May 28, 2023
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Portage family raising money for service dog after daughter’s rare epilepsy diagnosis

A Portage family is raising money for a service dog, hoping it helps their daughter’s rare epilepsy diagnosis. READ MORE
  • May 24, 2023
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Minnesota schools add seizure safety measures to help children with epilepsy

The "Seizure Smart Schools" requirements approved by the Legislature are aimed at raising awareness about seizure first aid. READ MORE
  • May 2, 2023
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Through managing an epileptic seizure disorder, Mika Ikemori earns Divison I tennis scholarship

"I was so impressed with that, it never crossed my mind not to recruit her." READ MORE
  • March 22, 2023
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Had the Last Laugh: How Kochi Doctors Used Robot, Radio Frequency Waves to Treat 12-Yr-Old’s Epilepsy

No one wanted to be friends with Aryan (name changed), a 12-year-old school-going boy. The reason was his uncontrolled laughter. READ MORE
  • February 24, 2023
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Fear of Public Spaces Is Common in People With Epilepsy

Many adults with epilepsy have agoraphobia, or a fear of public places, new research suggests. READ MORE
  • January 30, 2023
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