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Jerry Kill’s tenure as offensive coordinator at Rutgers lasted only one season. The former Gophers coach announced Tuesday that he won’t return in 2018 because of health reasons. Jerry, who suffers from epilepsy, stepped down as the Gophers head coach during the 2015 season to focus on his health. Rutgers’... read more →

Nineteen-year-old Ravi Stewart has battled epilepsy for most of his life. In high school, he had up to 80 seizures every single day. READ MORE

New Zealand student Logan Williams has invented a set of 3D printed “Polar Optics” contact lenses that have the potential to protect sufferers of photosensitive epilepsy from seizures. READ MORE

Cara Pressman sobbed in the big red chair in her living room. The 15-year-old tried to absorb the devastating news relayed by her parents: that their insurance company, Aetna, denied her for a minimally invasive brain surgery that could end the seizures that have haunted her since she was 9... read more →

A local boy with epilepsy has won an animal rescue in Fresno $5,000. It happened Monday on Parker Rogers' 14th birthday! READ MORE

Little Adalind Judd was in her pram at the supermarket with her parents when her eyes started to roll back. At just five months old, the girl, from Cowra in the Central West region of New South Wales, fell into a seizure earlier this year. READ MORE

Five years ago, shortly after Chris moved to Austin from Boston, he went to the doctor after suffering a string of seizures. They found that not only did Chris  have epilepsy, a neurological disorder that affects about 1 percent of the population, but he also had an arteriovenous malformation, essentially... read more →

It's been used by many people to help ease sleep apnea, but new research suggests the CPAP mask may also help ease seizures in people with epilepsy. READ MORE

Not many people would look at Desiree-Anne Ramsaran, a bright-eyed, friendly young medical student and scholarship winner, and know that she battles with epilepsy. READ MORE

In the Flowery Branch home of Janel McDaniel, a piece of artwork hangs prominently on the wall that reads: “Aspire to inspire before you expire.” The 36-year-old wife and mother of three was diagnosed with epilepsy five years ago, and it has changed her life dramatically since. And she holds... read more →