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The mother of an eight-year-old girl who suffers from a debilitating epilepsy syndrome has spoken of how medical marijuana has helped dramatically cut down her seizures. Sarah Wilkinson, from Calgary in Canada, described how "absolutely terrifying" it was to witness her daughter Mia suffer her first seizure just 29 minutes... read more →

June Jessee has lived with seizures, dozens almost every day, for her entire 23-month life. After other options failed, a neurologist recommended a hormone treatment. “The doctor told me it could kill her — but he was still recommending it,” said June’s mother, Genny Jessee. June was diagnosed early on... read more →

Potato chip producers and Grateful Dead fans have always believed, but a desperate mother in Airdrie never thought she’d be calling marijuana a miracle. The cries of “mama, mama” from Sarah Wilkinson’s living room are all she needs to believe — that, and seeing her disabled eight-year-old daughter Mia going... read more →

It was supposed to be a trip of a lifetime for a 15 year-old-girl with autism from Mission, B.C. Months ago, Brooklyn signed up for a student exchange program to Prince Edward Island through her school, raising funds to pay for the trip and hosting a student from the eastern... read more →

Charlie Middleton, from Kingfisher Way, Stowmarket, suffered serious brain damage at birth, was placed on a ventilator and rushed to intensive care. Since then he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, severe epilepsy, multiple seizures and scoliosis. He also has severe sight impairment and is fed via a tube. Workers at... read more →

Emma Friedmann has devoted her life to caring for her autistic son and raising awareness of the condition. The 42-year-old, who lives in Highfields, Leicester, is the latest nominee in the Mercury's Mum of the Year competition. She has been put forward by her former partner, Tim Noakes, for her... read more →

Research could help towards developing treatment for neurological disorders such as epilepsy. Scientists have developed an “off-switch” for the brain to effectively shut down neural activity using light pulses. In 2005, Stanford scientist Karl Deisseroth discovered how to switch individual brain cells on and off by using light in a technique... read more →

April Coxon has been chosen to represent the North East in the finals of Miss Teen Great Britain, which will be held in Blackpool in August. The 17-year-old, from Penshaw, Sunderland, started having uncontrollable seizures every day when she was 11 and was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was 12.... read more →

On a normal day, you are peddling your bike down a heat-warped road. The next thing you know, you wake up, lying on the sidewalk. You look over and see your bike in the right lane of traffic. A man who saw what happened pulls over to make sure everything... read more →

enee Petro is a mother pushing for the legalization of marijuana, so she can treat her son, Brandon, for epilepsy. While vowing to keep campaigning for the passage of the medical marijuana ballot measure in November, she is considering a move to Colorado, where medical marijuana is legal. "We could... read more →