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Harrison Ford has revealed that his daughter suffers from epilepsy. At the NYU Langone Medical Center’s Find a Cure for Epilepsy and Seizures (a.k.a “FACES”), the actor told Confidenti@l that 26-year-old, Georgia Ford, has the condition. “She is joining me to thank FACES. I admire a lot of things about her.... read more →

Adele, who's currently on tour promoting her new album "25," took some time away from work to visit a 12-year-old fan named Rebecca Gibney. The young girl, who lives in the Short Strand area of Belfast, Northern Ireland, is blind and battles cerebral palsy and epilepsy. According to the BBC, she... read more →

A proposal to legalize medical marijuana that's inching forward in the state Legislature has some Utahns with chronic pain and epilepsy rejoicing, while wary lawmakers say more research is needed to help the state better understand pot's potential — and its risks. Utah researchers, for their part, agree. "I'm a... read more →

A father-of-five was found hanging at home after struggling to deal with epilepsy , his family said. Billy Gee, a construction engineer, was discovered at the family home in Liverpool on Friday. Paramedics and police tried to revive him, but Mr Gee was pronounced dead at his home. READ MORE

Last spring, Benny Smith began having epileptic seizures. In his fifth-grade English class, he fell out of his chair and found he couldn't move. It soon got so bad for the 11-year-old, in fact, that his falls even led to several concussions. And when he'd wake up, he'd feel terrible,... read more →

If you have epilepsy and smoke, you are increasing your chances for other serious health problems. Learn steps that can help you quit smoking. "Epilepsy" is a broad term used for conditions that affect the brain and cause seizures. About 2.4 million adults in the United States have epilepsy. A... read more →

The Care+Cure arm of the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles Monday announced plans to establish a $1.6 million endowment to fund the Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The endowment will be used to launch a program in July that will train one epilepsy fellow every... read more →

Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan says seizures caused by the damage accrued from multiple concussions forced him into retirement aged 34. Bryan, real name Bryan Danielson, left professional wrestling on Monday night after a 16-year career and a protracted period spent attempting to recover from the latest in... read more →

As far as Madison author and pediatrician Kristin Seaborg is concerned, there is nothing holy about epilepsy, the so-called sacred disease. Kristin, the mother of three, took that title for her memoir about life with epilepsy from a treatise by Hippocrates. In 400 B.C., the ancient Greek physician wrote that... read more →

It was Easter 2003, and something was wrong with Kimberly Taube. She hadn’t contacted her sister, who had been cooking a family dinner and was waiting for Taube to check in. Multiple phone calls to her home bounced to voicemail. Concerned, her sister drove to Taube’s apartment and let herself... read more →