CLEVELAND — November marks National Epilepsy Awareness Month, drawing attention to a neurological condition that affects almost 3 million adults and nearly half a million children across the United ...
Seizure control may take time—often a year or more—but most patients achieve it, bringing new hope for life with epilepsy. For millions of people living with ...
The unpredictable, debilitating nature of a seizure can be frightening, for both the person experiencing it and anyone watching nearby. In that moment, control often slips away as muscles stiffen, ...
Epilepsy is the world's most common chronic neurological condition, affecting about 1 in every 100 people. Those who have it go into seizures of varying intensity, ranging from barely noticeable to ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- When Alyssa Howes was 4, she lost her sight and started having seizures -- up to 20 a day. For years, her grandmother stayed in the girl's room at night, watching for an attack.
Most parents worry about scraped knees, tumbles on the playground or gym class injuries. But for the Raia and Tisdale families, their everyday fears are life-threatening: a seizure that can strike ...