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The Epilepsy Foundation announced today that it has awarded $250,000 in funding at their 2025 Shark Tank Competition on Thursday, May 29, 2025.

From childhood seizures to brain surgery at 12, Carolyn is sharing her story to help break the stigma around epilepsy and to let others know they’re not alone.

The 118 undersigned organizations are united in opposition to recent actions by the Administration and Congress to cut vital federal epilepsy programs.

Her main interests have been medically intractable epilepsy, clinical pharmaceutical trials evaluating new treatments for epilepsy, treatment and care of women with epilepsy, epilepsy in pregnancy, ...

Familial focal epilepsy with variable foci (FFEVF) is a rare syndrome of focal seizures in different family members. Focal seizures vary in severity & symptoms.

How Do Mindfulness Techniques Influence The Brain? Mindfulness may produce structural and functional changes in areas involved in memory, emotional regulation, and attention, including the limbic ...

Strokes happen when the blood supply to a part of the brain is cut off. A stroke can have traumatic and catastrophic consequences not only for the stroke sufferer, but for their families and loved ...

Omar Danoun, MD is an assistant professor of neurology and epilepsy. He finished his medical school at Al Quds University in Jerusalem, Palestine. He then moved to the United Started for his neurology ...

What Is Self-Limited Neonatal-Infantile Seizures? The epilepsy syndrome of self-limited neonatal-infantile seizures used to be known as benign familial or non-familial neonatal-infantile seizures.

Neurofibromatosis type 1 is one of the most common neurocutaneous disorders. It is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting about 1 in 3000 individuals. It is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion ...

Photosensitive occipital lobe epilepsy (POLE) is a rare condition often diagnosed in childhood. Seizures are triggered by light sources, like TV & video games.