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Taranganba mother Chrissy Dunphy has for almost two decades battled the Queensland Health bureaucracy in a bid to get the right treatment for her daughter and she is not about to throw in the towel. The Morning Bulletin this week got a glimpse into the incredible life of teenager Lissy Dunphy who... read more →

In the living room, Benjamin Carew often glanced at a hand-held black and white monitor keeping watch on his 10-year-old son, Isaac, as the child napped in the bedroom of their Merritt Island home. Despite the difficulties and constant care Benjamin and Emily Carew must give their son, the family... read more →

The province is reviewing a recent decision to deny a Hockley teen access to a specialized epilepsy medication that’s helped him live a seizure-free life for many years. Before taking Zonisamide, Jane Bolton’s 18-year-old son Jesse used to suffer 30 to 40 seizures a day. He started the medication about five... read more →

Mike Kacsur and Nate Watson's bond extends beyond the hours spent together working for Rural/Metro's Southwest Ambulance. "I mean he's like a brother you know and we go to each other's houses, we do holidays, we know each other's families," Watson said. Last Sunday night, EMT Watson was driving, while... read more →

Running a flight of 1,250 stairs over 52 floors is not an ordinary task. It was an even more remarkable for Bylahalli Janardan who reached the top most floor of the Kohinoor Square tower in Dadar on Sunday because he was the oldest one to take part in the Mumbai... read more →

A grieving mother  has described her distress after her house was burgled just days after she buried her child. Thieves ransacked the bedroom of eight-year-old Chloe McCance and stole a laptop containing the last photographs of the young girl. Christmas presents for Chloe’s three-year-old brother were also taken during the burglary,... read more →

At least one major health system believes it can take part in an effective medical marijuana trial that provides cannabis to ill children in New York State. Mount Sinai Health System is proposing to work with Tilray, a British Columbia medical marijuana company founded in 2013, to operate a clinical... read more →

Children with severe epilepsy, terminally ill adults and those undergoing chemotherapy in NSW could get to trial cannabis to ease their symptoms. About $9m will be spent on at least three trials, some of which will be held at the Children’s hospital at Westmead and Sydney Children’s hospital. The NSW... read more →

Certain patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) may be good candidates for curative epilepsy surgery, emerging research suggests. A new case series shows that two thirds of patients with LGS were seizure-free or markedly improved following resective surgery. "Most patients with LGS are not candidates for curative surgery, but there is a... read more →

Using an innovative technique combining genetic analysis and mathematical modeling with some basic sleuthing, researchers have identified previously undescribed microlesions in brain tissue from epileptic patients. The millimeter-sized abnormalities may explain why areas of the brain that appear normal can produce severe seizures in many children and adults with epilepsy. The... read more →