Last year, Kennady Schneider couldn’t take gym class or participate in physical activities on field trips with her classmates, the risk too great that the noise and heat could trigger…
Epilepsy, a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures, is a global health concern affecting nearly 50 million people worldwide. Despite advancements in medical treatments, approximately one third of individuals with…
“You got too excited,” the instructor told her, writing a large “X” over her driving test. Veach, who was retaking the test after having epilepsy surgery, failed because of her rolling…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that while 89% of patients with epilepsy reported seeing a physician in the past year about their condition, only 62% saw…
Approximately 1 in 26 people develop epilepsy, a condition in which someone experiences recurring and unprovoked seizures. But experiencing a seizure does not always mean a person has epilepsy. Seizures can be provoked…
International Epilepsy Day is an annual awareness-raising initiative organized by the International Bureau for Epilepsy and the International League Against Epilepsy. View the Virtual Art Exhibition here.
In a recently published sham-controlled trial, findings showed that a yoga-based intervention in conjunction with psychoeducation can reduce epilepsy-related stigma, anxiety symptoms, and cognitive impairment in patients with epilepsy. Simultaneously,…
The National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) published recommendations in Neurology of the essential services needed for a comprehensive epilepsy center and the optimal manner for their delivery to advance the quality…
There are 3.4 million people in the U.S. living with epilepsy, and for about a third of them, medication isn’t enough to prevent potentially life-threatening seizures. But the rapidly expanding…
It was 2018. Married couple Timothy Myers, PhD, and Kimberly “Kimmi” Stephens, PhD, were settling into their seats at a movie theater to watch The Incredibles 2 for Tim’s birthday. They didn’t…
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