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It was a bittersweet day for Shelby Myers. While the Washington Township, Gloucester County resident said it was hard for her to say goodbye to fellow members of New Jersey's Epilepsy Task Force on Monday, when it met for the final time, she's eager to see their three years of... read more →

As the holiday season approaches and people begin planning their decorations, Cyberonics, Inc. is urging them to maintain the momentum of Epilepsy Awareness Month in November by incorporating purple lights into their holiday decor. Cyberonics, maker of a VNS Therapy® device to treat refractory (drug-resistant) epilepsy, is launching the #HealthyAndBright holiday... read more →

People with epilepsy could end up with criminal records because police and prosecutors do not always recognize their condition, a charity has warned. Epilepsy Scotland said people could be arrested for shoplifting or getting into the wrong car when they were mid-seizure and unaware of their actions. The charity is... read more →

Gophers football coach Jerry Kill is raving about a video on YouTube. The video shows a boy named Billy, who lives with epilepsy, meeting Coach Kill, his favorite players, and taking in Saturday's game against Ohio State during Epilepsy Awareness Weekend. Billy's father, CNN reporter Wayne Drash, shot the video... read more →

A Green Township woman said she was seizure free thanks to a breakthrough surgery performed by a team at the Epilepsy Center at the UC Neuroscience Institute. Cindy Kelly said it had been more than a decade but she can still recall the first time she ever had a seizure.... read more →

A little girl who had more than 1,000 seizures a day has been cured by eating lots of cream and cheese. Ella Hansen, five, From Wirral, Merseyside, sticks to a 'ketogenic' diet rich in high-fat foods such as cheese, cream, butter and oil to control her epilepsy. Since starting the... read more →

An international research consortium has discovered a new gene underlying progressive myoclonus epilepsy, one of the most devastating forms of epilepsy. The study showed that a single mutation in a potassium ion channel gene underlies a substantial proportion of unsolved cases. It is estimated that the mutation is carried by... read more →

Vincent Zanfardino had been repeatedly warned by his doctor not to drive before he had an epileptic seizure behind the wheel two years ago and crashed into another car, killing a 25-year-old man, a Bronx prosecutor said Thursday. Now Mr. Zanfardino, 53, a systems specialist at Con Edison, is on... read more →

Zoe Fennessy, who lives with a rare condition called musicogenic epilepsy, doesn't particularly dislike Ne-Yo's music, however whenever she hears it, she freezes up and begins vomiting uncontrollably. In June, the 26-year-old had brain surgery in an attempt to ease her symptoms, but the procedure didn't work. READ MORE  

He might only be three years old but Harry Jones has been hailed a potential life-saver after going to the aid of his collapsed father. Darren Jones, 29, has been living with aggressive seizures  in recent months and had a seizure on the sofa at the family home in Merthyr Tydfil. Harry... read more →