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 →
Dec
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Dec
21
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 →
Dec
20
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 →
Dec
16
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 protested that her young son Tiago could not sit alone and wear a safety harness for take-off. The dispute ended... read more →
Dec
16
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 parked and went in, while Meagan and the kids waited in the car. “It was literally in a back alley,”... read more →
Dec
16
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 fact, the narrow scars were caused not by an animal but by a surgeon’s knife. Garnatz had outpatient surgery in... read more →
Dec
12
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, does not want to eat and is awake and alert only for very brief periods each day. She is nearly... read more →
Dec
12
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 of people who suffer devastating seizures, and improve treatment. Home monitoring allows patients to carry on with daily life without... read more →
Dec
12
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, cannabidiol (Epidiolex, GW Pharmaceuticals) is the largest nonpsychoactive component of the cannabis plant. The product has also been granted orphan... read more →
Dec
09
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 Diego County. She called it Gingerbread City, and its most recent iteration occurred Tuesday at The Grand Del Mar. The... read more →