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Fountain Valley residents came in droves to the opening of the new Savers Thrift Superstore, at 9091 Garfield Ave., yet the most anxious individuals weren’t in line trying to shop at the store. Instead it was the representatives from the Epilepsy Foundation who were excited that the new location will... read more →

The Epilepsy Foundation of the Quad Cities and Pappas, Davidson, O'Connor & Fildes, P.C. will co-host a free seminar featuring David Fram, one of the country's leading experts on the American's with Disabilities Act (ADA,) and experts in occupational health on July 29, 2014 at the Figge Art Museum-John Deere... read more →

Justin Gutierrez of Hutto is a bright 10-year-old who deals with a health problem that’s more common than most people believe: epilepsy. "There are more kids that have epilepsy than anyone really realizes," his mom, Debbie Ford Gutierrez, explained. "These are normal kids so until they have a seizure you... read more →

Former rugby league player Mark Geyer broke down in tears on a morning radio show on Tuesday while talking about his daughter's epilepsy attack. Geyer began crying during the Triple M radio show he hosts while describing his eldest daughter's seizure on Sunday morning. He told his co-hosts Matty Johns... read more →

Another company is having to recall products because of packaging issues which could lead to serious health consequences for patients. This time the mix-up could result in patients getting ibuprofen instead of their scheduled dose of a seizure drug prescribed for epilepsy patients. American Health Packaging, a unit of wholesaler... read more →

A mother has been threatened with a fine and criminal record for taking her terminally ill son out of school for what could be his final holiday. Maxine Ingrouille-Kidd, 56, wanted to take Curtis, 13, a quadriplegic with cerebral palsy, on the trip of a lifetime after doctors said he... read more →

Children and adults who suffer from epilepsy could soon find relief in medical marijuana under a bill signed Sunday by Gov. Pat Quinn. During a ceremony at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the Democratic governor signed the law, which adds seizures to the list of conditions that can be treated with medical-grade... read more →

Skye McCole Bartusiak, who played the youngest daughter of Mel Gibson's character in the 2000 film The Patriot, died on Saturday at her home in Houston, reports CNN and Variety. She was 21. "We lost our girl," her mother, Helen McCole Bartusiak, told CNN. Investigators have not determined a cause... read more →

A few weeks before their prom king’s death, students at an Ohio high school had attended an assembly on narcotics that warned about the dangers of heroin and prescription painkillers. But it was one of the world’s most widely accepted drugs that killed Logan Stiner — a powdered form of... read more →

At first glance, the future is looking rosy again for 80s pop heart-throb and former EastEnders star Martin Kemp. After years of ill health and a lull in his once glittering career, his reformed band Spandau Ballet is being featured in a major new documentary and is off on a... read more →