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Thousands of people, mostly children, who have been on a wait list to get a special kind of hemp oil to treat seizures could soon move off that list. It's all because of a massive expansion in hemp production happening in Teller County through the five Stanley brothers from Southern Colorado.... read more →

Greg Ontiveros is a 38-year-old who suffers from nocturnal epilepsy. It’s a brain disorder that causes him to have seizures in his sleep. He was diagnosed with the condition a decade ago, and he’s never had a seizure while awake, until early this Fall. That’s when Ontiveros says he learned just... read more →

A teenage girl almost died on her birthday after suffering a one in a million toxic reaction to her epilepsy medication. Danika Heron's skin began to burn from the inside out, after the new epilepsy medicine she was prescribed triggered an extremely rare illness. She was struck down by Stevens... read more →

For years, Lisa Clark's life revolved around her seizures. With her brain constantly experiencing its version of an electrical storm, she wasn't able to walk around the block by herself — let alone drive. Her personality became more aggressive and she found herself uncharacteristically "jumping down people's throats." "Seizures can... read more →

In the past year, Sanjay Gupta has made no secret of his support for medical marijuana. A desire for policy change has always been implicit in that support. But in an exclusive interview on Friday, CNN's chief medical correspondent called for full-scale federal legalization of medical marijuana in no uncertain... read more →

November is national Epilepsy month, and while many people are aware that people with Epilepsy have seizures, few know much more than that. Marcy Hendrickson was an active 16-year-old, on the swim team and track and basketball teams, and proud to have gotten her driver's license three months earlier, when... read more →

More than 2 million Americans have epilepsy. It isn’t clear how many of these individuals live in Colquitt County. But students at the Gifted Education with Academic Rigor center — GEAR — can point to two, because they sit right beside them every day. Last year, GEAR student Hayes Lightsey, who has... read more →

Celeste Shearer chose the Shel Silverstein poem Listen to the Mustn'ts and the Green Day song Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) to thank her doctor for taking the extra steps necessary to preserve Shearer's most prized gift — her singing voice. "I can't put into words what UK has... read more →

Next week, the Minnesota Department of Health will name the two companies it has selected to grow and refine the state’s entire supply of medical marijuana. While some communities are ready to welcome new agribusinesses, others have taken steps to block marijuana outlets from setting up shop. Damage READ MORE

After calling for a routine prescription refill, Craig Elliott got a rude shock: His bill was going up fivefold. The 44-year-old piano tuner and guitar instructor, who has health insurance, used to pay $20 for a three-month supply of his generic epilepsy drug as a member of Walgreen’s Prescription Savings... read more →