Epilepsy

Personal Stories: Tom

- What's your story? I actually received Epilepsy in 2014 when I fell down the stairs in Las Vegas. I do not remember Las Vegas at all apart from when I heard it all when in Hospital. It was actual...

Personal Stories: Kyle

<span id="selection-marker-1" class="redactor-selection-marker" data-verified="redactor"></span> I got involved in the epilepsy commun...

Personal Story: Janice MacGregor - Ms. Canada 2015/16

I was 18 and in my first year of university when I had my first confirmed seizure. It took two years with several more tonic clonic and absence seizures before I accepted and understood that I hav...

Epilepsy Surgery Gets High Marks From Patients

More than nine in 10 epilepsy patients who had brain surgery to try to control their seizures are happy they did so, a new survey reveals. The review appears to be driven by the fact that patients...

Personal Stories: Rikki

I am involved in the epilepsy community because nobody else would ever be able to understand epilepsy unless they have it themselves. I have partial complex epilepsy which is one of over 60 forms....

New Study Highlights Potential Factors Associated With Refractory

A new study has shed light on potential clinical or electroencephalographic (EEG) features associated with hard-to-treat cases of benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BCECTS). Car...

Employability In Epilepsy Patients ‘Affected By Internal And External Factors’

New research from Asia has been published that helps to broaden current understanding of the positive and negative factors affecting employability in patients with uncontrolled seizures. Carried o...

March 26th Epilepsy Awareness day - What is Epilepsy?

Epilepsy is a neurological condition, which means it affects the brain, the main part of the nervous system. Epilepsy may also be called a “seizure disorder.” People are usually diagnosed with epil...

Personal Stories: Melina

I have had epilepsy since I was in the 5th grade, or at least, that is when I found out. It was very hard for me to deal with this as a teenager. My dream was to join the military. And you cannot ...

Targeting Brain Metabolism Could Offer New Way To Treat Epilepsy

For about one-third of patients with epilepsy, existing drugs do little to relieve symptoms such as chronic seizures. When they do work, these drugs stop neurons from becoming overexcited by target...