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Alternative therapies, like medical cannabis, may help people manage their seizures better. They can be included alongside your normal treatment plan.
The Epilepsy Foundation of America is proud to announce the appointment of Courtney Caputo as Chair of the National Board of Directors.
It's a good idea to speak to your roommate about epilepsy and your need for daily medicine. Roommates are like extensions of family members and it's important that you feel comfortable taking your ...
This year, the Epilepsy Therapy Project, located in Middleburg, Virginia, is a Charity Partner with this legendary race. In an effort to raise awareness for epilepsy and the urgent need for new ...
Brain cells either excite or inhibit (stop) other brain cells from sending messages. Usually there is a balance of cells that excite and those that can stop these messages. However, when a seizure ...
A special person in my support system is the person I was able to say, “I do” on my wedding day. As a teenager, I was not sure I would be able to share my life with someone else. My wife has witnessed ...
Patients with deficits in initiation have problems getting started with their behavior. Often they cannot come up with a plan of what to do with themselves. They do not talk very often. They do not do ...
I was 25 when I had my first seizure. I was at work, mopping the floor like any other day, and the next thing I remember was waking up, confused and surrounded by concerned faces and paramedics.
Dr. Rotenberg’s program is based upon the premise that seizures may be managed by applying deep magnetic stimulation delivered around the head by the H-Coil technology to areas of the brain such as ...
After starting to see the neurologist, he confirmed the “sensations” that I had been experiencing since 2019 were seizures. My seizure triggers were not what people commonly think of when they think ...
Operation Giveback came about through a confluence of interests that I developed recently. On the one hand, professionally, I have been involved with the problem of epilepsy for years. In addition, I ...
We went on to hold three readings of the play. One at a theater in New Jersey, one for the League of Professional Theatre Women in NYC, and one was an awareness-raising play at Cornerstone, Montclair, ...