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After 25 failed epilepsy medications, Nazy Nouri had two treatment choices for her 9-year-old daughter: cutting out part of the little girl’s brain or marijuana. “I really felt like we had nothing to lose; this was the last resort,” Nouri said. “If it doesn’t work, then we were going to... read more →

The Epilepsy Foundation is helping three people in the Pittsburgh area live with less fear about when their next seizure may occur. It’s been said that dogs are man’s best friend. This is no exception. They are amazing animals. They can carry an epileptic patient’s medicine and hit a button... read more →

Epilepsy can be a difficult condition for youngsters to come to terms with but this brave 15-year-old appears to have taken it in her stride. Olivia Bennett found out she had the neurological condition in 2011 when she was in year seven after her first seizure during a dance club.... read more →

Get ready to hear more about Epilepsy in Kansas and Missouri. Two teenaged ambassadors with the Epilepsy Foundation of Missouri and Kansas just returned from a national convention in Washington D.C. News reporter interviewed Lexi Harmon, Teen Ambassador from Kansas and Emily Ranza, Teen Ambassador from Kansas on 41 Action... read more →

A racing industry so often divided by opinion has united in its grief over the death of young jockey Nathan Berry. The 23-year-old died in a Sydney hospital on Thursday afternoon, just hours after his family brought him home from Singapore where he had been seriously ill for more than... read more →

A fundraising campaign has been launched for an East Kilbride boy with a rare and devastating form of epilepsy. Max McGhie was only four years old when he was diagnosed with Lennox Gastaut Syndrome, which causes frequent and multiple seizures. Now aged 13, the drug-resistant condition has left the youngster... read more →

At the age of 2, Wyatt suffers multiple seizures a day, and his mother, Jessica Hauser, worries what effect his infantile spasms may have on his neurological development. According to Hauser, the family has tried over 10 different types of medication to treat Wyatt’s epilepsy with no positive results and... read more →

It was a normal morning Aug. 29 for the Conley family of Oak Avenue. Toddler Gabe Conley sleepily came downstairs and rolled onto the couch about 6:30 a.m. His mother, Erin, was in the kitchen getting him a drink when she heard her mother, Virginia Dockum, call from the living... read more →

Cara Kazor has lived with epilepsy since she was 5 years old, but never found the opportunity to open up about her emotions surrounding the condition. After attending Studio E, a six-week art therapy session for teens and adults with epilepsy, she found a way to address those issues and... read more →

Just as in all good stories of boys and their dogs, Dezmond Hill, 18, and Shadow, his service dog, are heroes. Both fight Hill’s epilepsy every day and night. So far they are winning, but their journey is epic. In two years together, Shadow, a pit bull-Labrador retriever-cross trained as... read more →