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When Sarah Jay had her first seizure, she was in her mid-20s and working a high-stress job at a call center in Springfield, Mo. "I was going to go on break," she says. "I was heading towards the bathroom and then I fell and passed out." READ MORE

Samuel Camilleri has been living with epilepsy for the past 10 years. “I was seven years old and it sort of came to my parents at first cause they started to notice I was staring into space more often,” READ MORE

Taylor and Leah both are diagnosed with epilepsy, a condition that causes seizures. In addition, Taylor is diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a condition that causes joints and tissue to stretch further than average. READ MORE

The family of a cherished Greengairs teenager, whose life was tragically cut short after suffering an epileptic seizure, are taking to the skies for charity. READ MORE

Alexis Bortell, 12, was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2013 and has successfully treated her condition with marijuana usage since. Now, Bortell will head to court to fight Attorney General Jeff Sessions' crackdown on medical marijuana. READ MORE

A mother who killed her 18-month-old daughter when she had a seizure at the wheel has been spared jail. Chidinma Anya, 45, was slammed by Old Bailey judge Rebecca Poulet for driving despite being told not to by a neurologist. READ MORE

A strange and unexpected consequence of virtual reality devices becoming more widely accessible is that users can now see other users suffer from real medical emergencies in the digital world, but not be able to do anything about it. READ MORE

Darin and Brian are on a cross-country running adventure to share messages about awareness of addiction, suicide and epilepsy. They stopped this week in Lubbock, where Darin was born and raised. READ MORE

Beware! Teenagers and adults who consume energy drinks may suffer from rapid heartbeat, nausea and seizures, warns a recent study. According to the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, over half of youth and young adults who consume an energy drink, have reported experiencing an adverse health event, including rapid... read more →

Monthly cycles of brain activity can help predict when seizures in patients with epilepsy will occur next — potentially enabling doctors to better forecast when patients are at highest risk for seizures, according to new findings from UCSF researchers. READ MORE