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A student who had a seizure on a train is trying to track a mystery man down after he left her £10 for a taxi and a touching handwritten note. Ellie Farnfield was travelling from Redhill in Surrey to London Victoria on Wednesday evening to teach a fitness class when she... read more →

When Martin Morgan died suddenly, he was just 37. He had dreams of making it in the world of entertainment – a natural on stage. But in July, Martin – from Penrhyncoch, Aberystwyth – died suddenly and unexpectedly due to epilepsy. Cheryl Morgan, Martin’s sister, along with other family members organized... read more →

With exactly three weeks left until Ohio’s vote to legalize marijuana, a news network located in Cleveland Ohio checked the facts presented in a popular medical marijuana television advertisement featuring a young epilepsy patient. The television spot titled “Yes on 3 – Bring Addy Home” is a commercial paid for by the... read more →

Sisters Jeannie Sullivan and Anne Marie Guggenberger watched the crowds of people around them smiling and laughing and thought of their brother, Joe Trustey, and two of his children, A.J. and Anna. All three passed away in the last calendar year; first A.J., who died in October 2014 due to... read more →

Gordon Ramsay may not be the big bad wolf he likes to pretend he is. The TV chef showed his very kind side by offering a chef he had never met a job after finding out he was fired. Hopeful Aaron Merry approached Gordon via Twitter after he lost his... read more →

Tess Dumon didn't know whether her brother was alive or dead. Fourteen-year-old Louis had suffered seizures almost all his life, but this time he wouldn't wake up. "I witnessed my mother holding his lifeless body in her arms," Dumon recalls of that traumatic day at her family's home in Switzerland... read more →

If your child has epilepsy, connecting and communicating with teachers, school nurses and other caregivers is the best way to ensure she gets the best care — at home or at school. Your doctor can prepare critical information about the needs of your child in the event of a seizure. “Every... read more →

An Alabama woman claims in a lawsuit that police officers used a stun gun on her daughter three times while the teenage girl had multiple seizures at a hip-hop concert in Rainbow City, Ala. The lawsuit filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama... read more →

Bradley Diebold battled hundreds of seizures, but, at age 2, he was also an active, mischievous toddler, dubbed a "superhero" by his family because of his happy demeanor. Bradley from Hanover Park had a rare form of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome that nearly took his life several times and required constant vigilance,... read more →

Even within their outgoing family, Joe and Anna Trustey — father and daughter — had a gravitational force that drew others to them, whether they were alone or together. He had a nickname for everyone he knew, she brought a touch of the theatrical to common gestures. Both enlivened conversations... read more →