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Milo Browne should not be alive today. But the little star is preparing to mark his fourth birthday and medics believe it is truly a miracle. The North Shields boy is being treated for a condition known only as M3BHA - which has only ever affected eight other people in the... read more →

Researchers are investigating the vicious cycle of seizures causing sleep disturbances, which in turn promote seizures. In one report, a group of investigators in Boston looked at the importance of sleep in the consolidation of recently formed memories in patients with epilepsy. READ MORE

Lili Gilmore's parents are constantly on edge, waiting for the next seizure to take hold of their daughter's brain and send her into a seizure. For nearly 15 years, Natalie and John Gilmore have watched their daughter have five types of seizures. They've watched her try endless combinations of medications to... read more →

Chesterfield Township resident Alexa Laforte recently had a chance to come face to face with the first responders who saved her life. 23 year old Alexa battles a form of epilepsy that can be hard to diagnose, as it results in seizures occurring in a localized part of the brain. She... read more →

Students at Holy Cross College did their part to raise awareness of epilepsy-related deaths in memory of a teenager who died tragically. Sam Ahearn was just 19 years old when she died in July 2009 after falling downstairs while having a seizure at her home in Dumers Lane, Radcliffe. Since 2010, her... read more →

Enon fights epilepsy! Dozens of people came out and faced the rain Saturday morning for a 5k run that benefits four families and a local charity. This was the second annual 5k to fight epilepsy. It was started by a group of women who know first-hand what epilepsy looks like.... read more →

In August of 2014 Jan Kaye of Eaton found her daughter, Kelley Cupp, a “running partner” through the nonprofit Who I Run 4 website that connects runners with special needs families. Kelley, 14, doesn’t run and has never even been able to stand for more than 20 seconds, when she... read more →

Six months after stepping off the field for health reasons, former Gopher football coach Jerry Kill says he feels as good as he has in 12 years. Jerry Kill spoke Tuesday at the Higher Health Symposium hosted by Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, which focused on helping employers improve health... read more →

Rocco Pezza, 11, was hospitalized with head and leg injuries after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in the Bloomington area of San Bernardino County. "It's not fair that someone can hit a child like that and just take off," said Carla Buis, Rocco's mother. Carla grew up in Fontana but met... read more →

Harrison Ford definitely has something to smile about as the Han Solo leather jacket he put up for auction at IfOnly, complete with his signature and a Certificate of Authenticity from Lucasfilm, earned him a whopping $191,000 after more than 50 people bid for it. Just as IfOnly wrote, all... read more →