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This is a holiday story you probably haven’t seen before. After Ryan Day publicly told his story of struggling to get and grow legal marijuana to treat his son’s severe epilepsy, some pot entrepreneurs responded with generosity. ld50 sodium naproxen Two leaders in Seattle’s medical marijuana industry, Alex Cooley and... read more →

Jake McCallum will celebrate a few firsts as he laces up his boots next week: the first training of the year, his first time on the pitch in six weeks and, most of all, becoming the first known epileptic rugby player in Hong Kong. McCallum has been patiently biding time... read more →

One day before facing Syracuse in the Texas Bowl, Gophers coach Jerry Kill did not rule out a possible return to the sidelines. Kill has coached from the press box for the past six games after taking about two weeks away from the team to treat his epilepsy. genuinely outweighs... read more →

When President Obama announced his BRAIN Initiative in April, he promised to give scientists "the tools they need to get a dynamic picture of the brain in action." An early version of one of those tools already exists, scientists say. It's a relatively new set of techniques called optogenetics that... read more →

The family of a chronically ill New Jersey toddler who has been at the forefront of a battle to get Gov. Christie to loosen the state's medical marijuana regulations is moving out of state. Vivian Wilson, a 21/2-year-old Scotch Plains girl with severe epilepsy, was issued an ID card that... read more →

It took the combined efforts of head coach Jerry Kill and defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys to guide the University of Minnesota football program to its best record in 10 years. But it wasn't that the Gophers finished the regular season 8-4, as much as how; that earned them the Pioneer... read more →

For 22 years, a Highlands Ranch woman couldn’t communicate with the world around her. But two years ago, technology and a process called “facilitated communication” opened the door to her silent thoughts. Holly Forlenza communicates through a keyboard and IPad.  She’s never spoken a word in her life. But that... read more →

A young Northampton girl who has epilepsy has written and illustrated her first book. Katherine Curtis, 12, who now lives in Devon, created the children’s book ‘Herbie the Horse Goes on Holiday’, and 10 per cent of proceeds will be going to Epilepsy Action. The charity supports people with epilepsy,... read more →

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 says. "But Finlay had no future at that point - and neither did we." On a bad day, their baby... 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 has the potential to help millions of people worldwide. The treatment involves surgical implantation of a device that detects and... read more →