Hey, My name is Mary, i am 20 years old and I have just been diagnosed with epilepsy. I am in college and I live alone, i've always been someone who ...

On the second day of the new year, the Hollywood couple, John Travolta and Kelly Preston lost their son. Jett Travolta died, reportedly because of a fall caused by a seizure. Jett was known to have ...

Three months after I was diagnosed, I heard about Cameron Boyce’s passing of Sudden Unexpected Dead in Epilepsy (SUDEP). My doctor did not tell me this was a possibility, and it caused me to spiral.

Children with various types of childhood epilepsy that do not respond to the usual seizure medicines may be candidates for treatment with adrenocorticotropic hormone or ACTH. ACTH is a first-line ...

Started in 2015 and organized by the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) and the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), the day provides a platform for people with epilepsy to share their ...

When I was 34 years old, during an especially exciting and fulfilling time in my life, I suddenly had a generalized tonic-clonic seizure in the middle of my grad school classroom. My professor called ...

Epilepsy Service of West Central Florida dba Florida Epilepsy Services (FES)/ Epilepsy Foundation Florida (EFF) is committed to promoting health and facilitating lifestyle choices of persons with ...

Doctors and pharmacists are always warning people with epilepsy about alcohol. If you have epilepsy, drinking alcohol can have serious consequences. Most people with epilepsy are told not to drink, ...

About 6 out of 10 people diagnosed with epilepsy can become seizure free within a few years with proper treatment. Many of these people will never have any more seizures. For the rest of the people, ...

Does the menstrual cycle affect the rate of seizures in women with epilepsy? Yes. Approximately half the women of childbearing age who have epilepsy report an increase in seizures around the time of ...

Proponents of meditation tout its ability to reduce seizures in people with epilepsy, while those more skeptical contend that regular practice of meditation could in fact induce epileptic seizures. So ...

Join the National Epilepsy Walk in D.C. on March 15 & make an impact. With more than 3.4 million people living with epilepsy nationwide, the impact of our work matters. With your help, we've made huge ...