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Kara Sampson hopes she's found a way to make a profit and a difference. Everything from her clothing and merchandise line, The Kendall Connection, includes eight words that have always inspired Sampson: "Be kind. Be true. Be strong. Be you." READ MORE

When 2-year-old Ryland Wade met Santa Claus at the mall for the first time, he was fast asleep as a result of a seizure that left him tired. But the understanding Santa helped turn the situation into a very special photo. READ MORE  

When 12-year-old Dalton Barrow's special-needs stroller disappeared from his Gresham, Oregon, backyard on Nov. 10, his mother, Lisa Barrow, thought she would have to save up for months to afford a new one. That is until Kool Stop, a Lake Oswego, Oregon, bike and stroller company decided to donate a... read more →

Vicki Kopplin had a impassioned phone conversation with retired Gophers football coach Jerry Kill late Tuesday night. "He's as fiery as ever," said Kopplin, executive director of the Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota. Jerry, who stepped down as coach Oct. 28 for health reasons tied to his epilepsy, will be at... read more →

Jerry Kill is no longer the football coach at the University of Minnesota. His retirement less than a month ago because of health reasons with epilepsy and seizures have been reported. Monday night, Jerry Kill and his wife, Rebecca, speak about that final week. They talk about where he is drawing inspiration from... read more →

Just a couple weeks ago, Sandy Creek Middle School seventh grader Mikaela Meyer had a seizure. "I fell on the ground and then I started shaking," Meyer said. "I woke up in the ambulance, and I was still seizing." An experience, many students said was scary, but Monday morning, Midwest Medical... read more →

Genny Barbour, a New Jersey teen with epilepsy and autism, will return to school full time after winning the fight to have the medical marijuana oil she needs administered to her at school. "We never thought that it would happen," says Lora Barbour, Genny's mom. "It was Governor Christie who passed... read more →

Kiley Lyall, 24, fell in love with running when she was 8 years old and completing the final leg of a Special Olympics relay. Her team was in last place when she took the baton, and they ended in first. Her family has a motto: "Anything you want to do,... read more →

Ten years ago Scott Badzik was an avid runner and airline pilot. “I was flying with Delta and had no health problems whatsoever,” Badzik said. “I came home from a run with my wife and the next thing I knew I woke up in the hospital.” An infection had damaged... read more →