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'I had a brain tumor for 10 years and didn't realize': A mother's shock after doctors discover large growth after she has seizure. A woman who collapsed with a seizure discovered she had been living with a tumor half the size of her brain. Donna McWhinnie, 26, had no idea... read more →

Trent Stroup is a man of action. Two years ago, when the Towson-area father of three saw that his then 7-year-old daughter Addie was regressing significantly in the community public school she attended, he didn't waste any time acting. Addie, diagnosed with the rare brain disorder Aicardi syndrome before she... read more →

“Here she comes, Miss... ” Persistence, driven by a cause that hits close to her own home. Sullivan Central High School student and Bristol, Tenn. resident Kyla Staubus is passionate about pageantry. She holds multiple state pageant titles at present, including: Tennessee National Forestry Queen, America's Natural Supreme Beauty for... read more →

Five years ago, when Erika Pritchett was 13, her older sister had a grand mal seizure that left the family stunned and bewildered. It came out of the blue. “We had no clue what was going on,” Erika said. “Her memory of that whole day was wiped out. It never... read more →

Adventurous James Wilson cycled through Montrose on his ride from Lossiemouth to Glasgow to raise money and for an epilepsy charity last Wednesday (September 11). James Wilson, from Lossiemouth in Moray, was diagnosed with epilepsy in 1998, and is cycling from his hometown down the coast to The William Quarrier... read more →

The Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota will hold a rally before Saturday's Gophers football game to show support for coach Jerry Kill and the 60,000 other Minnesotans with epilepsy. People affected by seizures will gather at 8:30 a.m. Saturday on Oak Street -- between TCF Bank Stadium and Mariucci Arena --... read more →

The 34-year-old patient had been in an out of several hospitals because of her epilepsy. But Centennial Hills stood out from the rest. Nursing assistant Steven Farmer always greeted her with a warm blanket. The woman wrote down both Farmer’s name and the name of a female emergency nurse, so... read more →

Natalie Feliciano was only 10 days old when epileptic seizures took control of her body. “She began to hold her breath,” recalled her mother, Joanna Feliciano. “She was staring off into space. Her eyes were flickering to light,” Feliciano said. “There were times she would have clusters of seizures, infantile... read more →

Realistically, there’s only one person who can decide whether Jerry Kill will continue as the University of Minnesota’s head football coach — and that’s Jerry Kill. It’s well-known by now that Kill suffered his fourth gameday seizure in just over two seasons with the Gophers during halftime of Saturday’s win... read more →

Minnesota coach Jerry Kill has been taken away on a stretcher at halftime of his team's game against Western Illinois. Kill has epilepsy, and he has a long history of game-day seizures. He was lying on the ground, writhing back and forth with medical staff surrounding him, right after the... read more →