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The Saturday after Thanksgiving, Mireya Sanchez was expecting to go on a road trip to Hermiston. The rest of her friends and classmates from Kennedy High School were making the five-hour drive to watch the football team make its fourth state title appearance in school history, and Sanchez wouldn’t miss... read more →

The Saturday after Thanksgiving, Mireya Sanchez was expecting to go on a road trip to Hermiston. The rest of her friends and classmates from Kennedy High School were making the five-hour drive to watch the football team make its fourth state title appearance in school history, and Sanchez wouldn’t miss... read more →

For some people whose epilepsy can't be controlled with medicine, surgically removing a small piece of the brain can reduce seizures. Unfortunately, Ryan Diettrich isn't one of those people. So in October, Ryan, 24, joined a small group of epilepsy patients who has chosen the RNS system, made by the company NeuroPace, in order... read more →

Rome, February 2 - Monuments across Italy will be lit up with purple for International Epilepsy Day on Monday as part of a global initiative to raise awareness of the widespread neurological condition. The leaning tower of Pisa, the Barcaccia fountain in Rome's Piazza di Spagna and the Maschio Angioino... read more →

When Iman Williamson was 8 years old, she and her father boarded a plane to Dallas, Texas. Iman slept until her rest was interrupted by yells from passengers on the plane. She woke up and saw her father shaking next to her. “I was in shock for two days,” said... read more →

The rate of epilepsy among children and the elderly has been skyrocketing, with 1 in 20 children under five now battling the seizure condition in the United States. More and more parents say that vaccines triggered their children's seizure disorders. The government maintains that while vaccines can trigger febrile (fever related)... read more →

Researchers at UC San Francisco added more proof to claims that medical cannabis can treat incurable childhood epilepsy. UCSF announced last week that a cannabis extract reduced incurable seizures by an average of 36.5 percent in a group of 162 children and young adults over a 12-week period. READ MORE

Yogi Rodney Ji wants people battling epilepsy to know his healing secret: thirty-seven years ago, he conquered his convulsions through yoga. By breathing and meditating, he instinctively discovered a way to suppress most of his seizures. This set him free. And the Manhattan native wants others suffering from epilepsy –... read more →

A local teenager diagnosed with epilepsy made a life-changing choice this year. He started taking classes at a non-traditional school and he says it's made him happier and healthier. 15-year-old Wesley Jones is a happy-go-lucky teenager, cracking jokes with his friends at school. You wouldn't know looking at him, but... read more →

A devastated family are preparing to bury a 'funny and beautiful' mother-to-be and her unborn twin girls, who all died after she had a seizure on Christmas Eve. Kirsty Walker was just eight weeks away from giving birth to the twins when she collapsed after having a seizure at home. READ MORE