Epilepsy

Epilepsy Meds Led Teen To Kill Mom, Lawyer Says

Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Murder, Karyn Kay Murder, Manhattan Criminal Court, Pratt Institute, Ny News, Epilepsy, Laguardia High School, New York News, Henry Wachtel, Karyn Kay, New York News

A lawyer for Henry Wachtel, the 19-year-old charged in the murder of his mother, a beloved Laguardia High School teacher and writer named Karyn Kay, s...

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Authors Take Huge Steps To Fight Epilepsy

Evanston Patch | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Authors, Fly Danny Fy, Gina Restivo, Children's Books, Donating to Charity, Epilepsy, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy, Chip Gilbertson, Impact News

The story of how Chip Gilbertson and Gina Restivo came to write a children’s book together starts with a date. The two, both single parents, met ...

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You Know What These Moms Did. Do You Know WHY They Did It?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Epilepsy, Child Neglect, Depression, Abandons Children, Bad Mother, Postpartum Depression, Neglectful Mother, Parents News
Lisa Belkin

While the particulars were different, one thread was the same: each of these women, who were quickly labeled "bad mothers," turned out instead to be reminders of the burdens and obstacles faced by so many mothers.

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Pleasanton, CA: Couple Keeps Love Alive Despite Daunting Obstacles

pleasanton.patch.com | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Epilepsy, Dispatches: The Changing American Dream, Foreclosure, California, Pleasanton-Ca, Home News

"We emptied our savings, our retirement accounts, our life insurance, and it's still not enough."...

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Pleasanton, CA: Family Finds Sometimes Doing All the Right Things Just Isn't Enough

pleasanton.patch.com | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Epilepsy, Dispatches: The Changing American Dream, California, Pleasanton-Ca, Home News

"Something bad happens and you think, 'God, I just can't take one more thing.' This could be the one thing that breaks it."...

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Student With Epilepsy, Asperger's Launches Nonprofit To Help Disabled Kids Learn

Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Epilepsy, Aspergers Syndrome, Video, Education, Charity, Trenton Gilstrap, Hidden Inspiration Project, Tatia Gilstrap, Washington, Impact News

Though epilepsy and Asperger's syndrome sometimes get in the way when Trenton Gilstrap socializes with his high school friends, his conditions haven't...

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Rick Ross Blames Lack Of Sleep For Seizures. What’s The Connection?

Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Epilepsy, Video, Rick Ross, Bv-Life, Black Voices News

Rapper Rick Ross opened up on BET's "106 & Park" yesterday, discussing, for the first time, the two seizures he suffered on an October 14th flight to ...

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Making A Difference: The World of Giving -- Dystonia and Billy McLaughlin

Lisa M. Dietlin | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Billy McLaughlin, Charity, Paul Allen, Focal Dystonia, Epilepsy, Michael J. Fox Parkinsons, Making a Difference, Dystonia, Minnesota, Changing Keys, Julie Andrews, Epilepsy Foundation, Virgin Records, Philanthropy, Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, Leon Fleisher, Impact News
Lisa M. Dietlin

Have you ever heard of the disease dystonia? I learned about this disease through a chance meeting with amazing guitarist and composer, Billy McLaughlin.

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Kia Makarechi

A 7-Year-Old's Inspiring Battle Against Epilepsy

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Huffington-Post-Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Video, Evan Moss, Huffpost Greatest Person of the Day, Children, Children's Books, Epilepsy, Greatest Person of the Day, Evan Moss Epilepsy, Children's Health, Seizure Dog 4 Evan, My Seizure Dog, Impact News

Evan Moss's story is one of those inspirational stories that makes one stop what he or she is doing and marvel at the strength of will some children d...

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Teachers' New Day Jobs

Dennis Danziger | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Public Schools, California State Legislaure, Epilepsy, Public Health, Teachers, Budget Crisis, Consumer Protection, United Teachers of LA, Education News
Dennis Danziger

The California State Assembly voted 7 to 1 in favor of putting non-medical professionals, people like me, in charge of life or death medical situations. Exactly who are they protecting?

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The Story of Emily's Edibles

Jo Ann Greenwald | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Epilepsy, Pastries With a Purpose, Emilys Edibles, Impact News
Jo Ann Greenwald

I can't say when the idea first came to me about starting Emily's Edibles. I can tell you how it evolved.

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David Moye

WATCH: Epileptic Turtle Gets Brain Scanned For Tumor

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Weird Photos and Video, Turtle Brain Scan, Epileptic Turtle, Weird Animals, Weird England, Epilepsy, Animals in the News, Turtle Epilepsy, Video, Weird News News

British scientists are sparing no expense to treat a very special patient with epilepsy: A 154-pound turtle named Snorkel. The loggerhead turtle ha...

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VP Biden Addresses CURE Gala

Julianne Donofrio | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Cure, Cure Conference, Joe Biden, Epilepsy, Video, Impact News
Julianne Donofrio

Vice President Joseph Biden shared his deeply personal story of brain trauma at the annual Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE) fundraising gala on Tuesday.

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Lucas Kavner

After Losing His Son To Epilepsy, A Father Takes Action

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Danny Did Foundation, Danny Stanton, Chicago, Nonprofits, Epilepsy, Sudep, Greatest Person of the Day, Health Orgs, Good News, Children's Health, Mike Stanton, Impact News

Danny Stanton was a healthy, happy kid. He and his three siblings -- younger brother Tommy, older brother Johnny, and older sister Mary Grace -- were ...

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Graduate Refuses To Let Epilepsy Interfere With Her Dream Of Teaching

The Missoulian | Posted 07.15.2011

Read More: Epilepsy, Graduation, University of Montana, Katelin Jarvie, Teaching, Dream Career, Teachers, Education News

Obviously, the last thing Katelin Jarvie wants to do is traumatize children. The 24-year-old aspires to teach, after all. Yet, that was precisely th...

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J&J Recalls Epilepsy Pills

AP | By LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Topamax, Johnson and Johnson, Motrin, Joint Replacement Systems, Recalls, Tylenol, Pharmaceutical Industry, Epilepsy Pills, Chemical Odor, Epilepsy, Gastrointestinal Symptoms, Business News

TRENTON, N.J. -- Johnson & Johnson issued yet another recall Thursday, this one for about 57,000 bottles of a widely used epilepsy pill, due to compla...

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David Axelrod Talks Epilepsy: 'Terrorism Of The Brain'

Posted 05.27.2011

Read More: Epilepsy, Brain, Brain Health, David Axelrod, David Axelrod Epilepsy, Home News

Axelrod addressed the political current climate, "Our politics are so divisive now. Cable TV and instant news allow us to focus on our different belie...

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Mondo Amore, a Mission Bell and Joey's Song: Conversations With Amos Lee, Nicole Atkins and Michael Gomoll

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jason Ringenberg, Amos Lee, Mickey Raphael, Thea Gilmore, Robbie Fulks, Dravet's Syndrome, The Moldy Peaches, Calexico, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Miles Davis, Angelo Badalamenti, Nicole Atkins, Justin Curry, The Avett Brothers, Epilepsy Foundation, AT&T, Greg Allen, Norah Jones, David Lynch, Teletubbies, My Morning Jacket, Duncan Sheik, Priscilla Ahn, Steve Forbert, Blue Note, Willie Nelson, Joe Vent, Love, Traffic, Sidewalk Café, Lucinda Williams, Peter Yarrow, Sam Beam, Farm Aid, Eileen Rose, Ronnie Spector, Pietta Brown, Thelonious Monk, Neko Case, Brothers Grimm, Paul McCartney, Epilepsy, Bryan George, Kruu, Del Amitri, Elmo, Razor & Tie, Hotel Café, Arthur Lee, Sara Watkins, Cheryl Pawelski, Regina Spektor, The Doors, Baby Einstein, Pink Floyd, Phil Palazzolo, Raul Malo, Jon Brion, Joey Burns, Bruce Springsteen, Blomndie, Largo, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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In Memoriam: Christina Zisa

Pearl Korn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, George Stephanopoulos, Tort Reform, American Dream, Epilepsy, Immigrants, Death Penalty, Lethal Injection, Democrats, Health Reform, State of the Union, Barack Obama, Good Morning America, Republicans, Sotu 2011, Politics News
Pearl Korn

Christina Zisa's story is worth telling, particularly in light of our President's speech last night in which he expressed interest in bringing down healthcare costs by enacting "medical malpractice reform to rein in frivolous lawsuits."

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WATCH: School REFUSES To Let 12-Year-Old With Epilepsy Bring Service Dog To Class

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epilepsy, Guide Dogs, Americans With Disabilities Act, Disability, Service Dogs, Andrew Stevens, Video, Impact News

For 12-year-old Andrew Stevens, his new dog, Alliya, isn't just a pet. The German Shepard is a trained service dog that can help the epileptic boy nav...

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David And Susan Axelrod On Daughter's Battle With Epilepsy (VIDEOS)

Fox News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epilepsy, Axelrod Daughter Epilepsy, David Axelrod Daughter, David Axelrod Daughter Epilepsy, David Axelrod, David Axelrod Epilepsy, Home News

President Obama's senior adviser David Axelrod and his wife Susan discussed their daughter's long battle with epilepsy on Fox News Monday. "For m...

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Epilepsy: A Family Love Story

Rebecca Walker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epilepsy, Angels, Family, One Big Happy Family, Special Needs Children, Books, Books News
Rebecca Walker

Maybe it is not a cloying, over simplified label: it is a complex and beautiful reality, our life with an angel.

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Help Us Bring Epilepsy Out of the Shadows

Lynda Resnick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epilepsy, Epilepsy Cure, Impact News
Lynda Resnick

Good causes need marketing, too. A group of us is determined to help support Epilepsy research and awareness, and we know that as others see how prevalent and devastating a disease it is, they will join us.

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A Clinical Failure

Liane Kupferberg Carter | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Epilepsy Foundation, Seizures, Fda, Bioequivalence, Generic Drugs, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Antiepileptic Drugs, Health Insurance, Epilepsy Drugs, Clinical Failure, Healthy Living News
Liane Kupferberg Carter

The letter was terse. Our health insurance company would no longer cover our son's epilepsy medication unless we switched from the brand name drug ...

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Can Electrically Stimulating The Brain Improve Mental Health?

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Major Depression, Mental Illness, Depression, Mental Health, Ces, Health, Epilepsy, Electro Shock Therapy, Tms, Wellness, Shock Therapy, Healthy Living News
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

There are a variety of proven and promising electrical (or magnetic) techniques that affect the brain -- from those with virtually no side effects, nor an invasive procedure, to those that are surgical in nature.

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