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A seven-year-old from Pokesdown hopes to raise £500 for charity after writing a book based on her own experience of epilepsy. Felicity Bennett, who goes to Pokesdown Primary School, has created the 3,000-word tale of Purple Girl and the Epilepsy Problem, featuring a superhero who helps a little girl called Polly... read more →

The family of a seven-year-old girl who died after a lifelong battle with illness have paid tribute to ‘a bundle of love’. Severely disabled Crystal Marie Perkins, of Snape Street, Darwen, died on Saturday but defied doctors’ expectations even to survive birth. Her grandmother and legal guardian, Pauline Perkins, said... read more →

A local family is making waves for their 2-year-old daughter who suffers from an unpredictable condition. Born healthy as the second child to Ryan, a Los Angeles County lifeguard, and registered nurse Darlene, Callie appeared to complete the Addison family’s wonderful life on the shore in Malibu. “The minute she... read more →

A new US study has provided further evidence of the impact that the menstrual cycle can have on seizure patterns among women with epilepsy. The purpose of this research, led by the Harvard Neuroendocrine Unit, was to determine whether seizure frequency and cycle days with seizure occurrence vary across the... read more →

A mother who was baffled as to why her son was encountering 300 seizures a day eventually diagnosed his condition after watching an episode of Casualty. Six-year-old Henry Overton had blank spells and was often walking on tiptoes for nearly a year before his parents realized something was seriously wrong. But... read more →

Conjure up an image of epilepsy, and the words "helpless" and "terrifying" come to mind. Historically, those living with this silent brain disorder are often misunderstood, even feared because of the stigma surrounding a seizure. The Micolichek family of Fond du Lac are hoping to raise awareness and understanding of a... read more →

Sudden death, a mysterious and devastating outcome of epilepsy, could result from a brain stem shutdown following a seizure, researchers report today in Science Translational Medicine. Although the idea is still preliminary, it’s engendering hope that neurologists are one step closer to intervening before death strikes. READ MORE

Of the five Weilert children, none are quite as different from each other as Ethan and Michael. Ethan is 10, likes an orderly life, is organized and thoughtful. Michael is 6, and he’s none of those. “Michael is sweet and cuddly, he’s just really impulsive and doesn’t quite understand consequences,”... read more →

Lindsey Clark, of Darien, thinks medical marijuana could make her 7-year-old twin sons, Jeremy and Miles, less reliant on pharmaceuticals that have undesirable side effects. For Dana Haddox-Wright, of Wilton, getting her daughter, Ella Wright, 5, into the state's medical cannabis program could mean fewer trips to the hospital to... read more →