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Even as his seizures have grown in frequency the past two years, Minnesota coach Jerry Kill has always maintained that his epilepsy never would slow him down. When he wasn't able to make it to a game for the first time in his coaching career last weekend against Michigan, Kill... read more →

During his first year, Finnegan Born-Crow suffered 50 to 100 seizures a day. That was until he received a revolutionary new surgery and he hasn't had one since. The first time Nicole Born-Crow noticed her baby son having a seizure, the family was on a vacation to New York. 'It... read more →

Coltyn Runyon has difficulty speaking and relies on a wheelchair to get around. But that didn't keep the 10-year-old Nebraska City boy from shooting a bow and arrow, fishing, dancing and singing around a campfire last month at Camp YouCan. offering check cashing and That's exactly the goal of the... read more →

Doctors have successfully operated on a 16-year-old epileptic patient while he was awake and humming songs. Arvind Mohan Kumar, who has been suffering from drug-resistant epilepsy for 11 years, was instructed to remain alert through singing, listening and identifying melodies in the operation theatre at Nimhans in Bangalore, so that... read more →

Gophers football coach Jerry Kill suffered a seizure on Saturday morning and did not travel with the team for the game at Michigan, according to a University of Minnesota athletics department statement. Kill, who has epilepsy, had not missed an entire game because of his condition. The third-year coach suffered... read more →

Paula Lyle's daughter, Jordan, suffers with Dravet syndrome, which is a rare and terrible form of pediatric epilepsy. After viewing CNN's investigative special Weed hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Paula made the challenging decision to move her and her daughter to Colorado so she could legally access a highly concentrated... read more →

"At the risk of getting the windows egged and the car toilet papered, we’re skipping the chocolates and candies this year for Halloween. In early September, my wife saw flats of mini-sized Play-Doh for cheap at the warehouse store. She scooped up 2. Perfect for birthday party loot bags, playing... read more →

Internationally acclaimed DJ Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, is to run the Royal Parks Half Marathon on Sunday 6th October to raise money for Young Epilepsy, the national charity dedicated to improving the lives of young people with the condition. Last year more than 12,000 runners completed the Royal Parks... read more →

There was not a dry eye in the room when celebrity Michelle Heaton surprised a courageous schoolgirl after picking her as Britain’s Little Hero. Inspirational Kelly King, seven, has been coming to the rescue of mom Rachel Bottomley, 25, who suffers from severe epilepsy, since she was just four years... read more →

A Pittsburgh art museum closed an exhibit on Sunday after three visitors had seizures or seizure-like symptoms. ZEE, a fog and strobe light-filled sensory experience by Austrian artist Kurt Hentschläger, closed early after paramedics were called to treat a young woman, the third case since its opening on Friday. Shaunda... read more →