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A homeless woman in India said she had no choice but to tie her disabled grandson to a bus stop while she went to work selling flowers on the roadside. The boy, 9-year-old Lakhan Kale, cannot hear or speak and suffers from cerebral palsy and epilepsy, according to the AFP... read more →

Sally Schaeffer said her 7-year-old daughter, Lydia, could light up a room with her smile. But that smile started to fade after Lydia was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was 18 months old. The seizures only happened when Lydia was asleep and were not visible to the human eye. Schaeffer... read more →

Researchers are closer to finding out why up to 300 Australians with epilepsy suddenly die each year, after observing for the first time what happens to the heart during an epileptic seizure. Pre-clinical trials by researchers from the Royal Melbourne Hospital and University of Melbourne have established a connection between... read more →

Daring to remove part of the brain, and have that person left able to talk, walk, think and move like they did before, is almost unthinkable. But for more than 70,000 Australians who can’t control epileptic seizures with medication — about 40 per cent of patients — resecting part of... read more →

Lianne Saxton, aged 16, was starting to travel home from work in her father’s car at about 8pm when she spotted an apparently injured man kneeling on the pavement in Abington Square. Although there were several passers-by, nobody went over to check on his welfare. Miss Saxton, who emailed the... read more →

A  nine year old football fan turned life saver when his mum suffered a bad fall during an epileptic seizure. When Brandon Mildren’s mum, Tania, had a severe seizure in her kitchen on Sunday, May 11, it was her son’s quick-thinking that averted a potential tragedy. He called emergency services... read more →

8-year-old Kellsey McGuire was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was 18-months-old. She suffers from chronic seizures. Brandi McGuire, mother, says, “Kellsey has had seizures in the past where she stopped breathing and she goes unresponsive and she turns blue. And we have to rush her to the hospital.” Brandi says... read more →

Top rhythmic gymnast Kelly MacDonald, 20, could well make it to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this July but sadly her strongest supporter won't be there. The rhythmic gymnast's mother Michelle died last month, just two weeks before the national qualifiers, after a long battle with cancer. The second day... read more →

Minnesota's Jerry Kill will do his coaching on the field this fall, he told fans at a "Gopher Road Trip" meet-and-greet Tuesday. “I'll be on the sideline,” Kill said, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. “That's who I am, and I think that's best for our team. However, if we need... read more →

Children who suffer from epilepsy would be able to use medical marijuana to treat their condition under legislation the House overwhelmingly approved today. The measure would add epilepsy to the list of ailments treatable under the state’s medical marijuana program and specifically allow children to have access. Sponsoring Rep. Lou... read more →