Article: Epilepsy.com Provides Seizure Information to Help Educate the Public.

Article: Epilepsy and seizures can occur at any age.(Disease/Disorder overview)
FDA Consumer;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Is Epilepsy? * Causes of Epilepsy * Types of Seizures * Controlling Seizures...Epilepsy Foundation, classifying epilepsy by seizure type alone leaves out other...underlying problem that caused the seizures. Epilepsy can develop at any time in...

Article: Understanding epilepsy.
Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication;  December 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ......knew about the epilepsy, but he didn't...he was having a seizure. There were no...people treat me. Epilepsy is a broad term...different kinds of seizure disorders. According to the Epilepsy Foundation of America...Most people with epilepsy wear Medic Alert tags. A seizure is a ...

Article: Talking About Epilepsy.
The Exceptional Parent;  February 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......However, because epilepsy is not predictable and seizures may occur at...does during a seizure. Providing them...aid card about epilepsy (see Resources...the child with epilepsy--can be helpful...them know if a seizure occurs. They...

Article: Women with epilepsy: may not be getting adequate health care. (Medicine & Health).
USA Today (Magazine);  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......chance of having a seizure by the age of 75. Epilepsy occurs in both males...this is wrong. Epilepsy is different in women. Seizures may be more or less...medications for seizures. Approximately 30% of women with epilepsy have problems in...

Article: How I coped with mum's epilepsy...
Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England);  April 20, 2007 ;     372 words ......first aid badge I did about epilepsy. I told them all about what I did when she had seizures. I got the badge. Sarah gathered her knowledge of epilepsy through medical training...produced by the charity Epilepsy Action. The film, entitled My dad has epilepsy features a real family...Stigma ...

Article: Epilepsy
U*X*L Complete Health Resource;      700+ words ...EPILEPSY DEFINITION Epilepsy is a seizure disorder. A seizure is...percent of people with epilepsy experience tonic-clonic seizures, and 25 percent experience...alternative term used for absence epilepsy. Seizure: A convulsion; a series...

Article: EPILEPSY: The people who get on with life when a seizure could strike at any time.
Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Peterborough, England);  August 29, 2006 ;     700+ words ......us will have a seizure at some time in...diagnosed with epilepsy. And yet membership...after having a seizure. Because little Melissa suffers from epilepsy, and has seizures every three to...future? I want my seizures to go away, she...boring. What causes epilepsy? Sometimes ...

Article: Picturing Epilepsy's Mysteries: Doctors, and a Special Patient, Use New Imaging Tools to Document How a Seizure Travels Through the Labyrinth of the Brain.
Business Wire;  April 2, 2009 ;     700+ words ......spark epileptic seizures. Nelson is here...special kind of epilepsy. Instead of being...occurrences, reflex epilepsy's seizures happen after exposure...permanent treatment for epilepsy. We know that seizures do not affect single...the effects of seizures. More than two...in ...

Article: Epilepsy - a few facts.
Pediatrics for Parents;  September 1, 1991 ;     648 words ......changes are called epileptic seizures. Epilepsy is, therefore, sometimes...people can experience a seizure and not have epilepsy. For example, many children...seizure. Other types of seizures not classified as epilepsy include those caused by...

Article: Controlling epilepsy. (superstitions are outdated)(includes related material)
FDA Consumer;  May 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ......people in this country has epilepsy. Their seizures stem from overly active...neighborhood. The hallmark of epilepsy is recurring seizures-sometimes as many as several...diabetes. But in people with epilepsy, seizures can be triggered by something...

Article: Epilepsy Therapy Project Launches Epilepsy: Insights & Strategies; Innovative Online Journal Featured on epilepsy.com.
Business Wire;  May 7, 2009 ;     611 words ......and Editor-in-Chief of www.epilepsy.com. It's a new breed of...whose lives are affected by seizure conditions, and enhanced...Strategies (http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/journal/issue1) includes...experience of undergoing epilepsy surgery, strategies for coping with seizures, and ...

Article: Ask doctor Cory: for parents and teachers.(what causes epilepsy)(what to do if someone has an attack )
Humpty Dumpty's Magazine;  May 1, 2003 ;     540 words ......anyone can have a seizure if the brain is...no one knows why epilepsy begins. Epilepsy...belt. A person with epilepsy should have a thorough...this condition. The seizures can usually be controlled...has the type of seizure that causes him...and shake, the Epilepsy Foundation ...

Article: Behavior problems in children with epilepsy: what is the link? (Medical Research Update).(Brief Article)
The Exceptional Parent;  April 1, 2001 ;     266 words ......observed in children with epilepsy, such as difficulty paying...that even before the first seizure is recognized, these behaviors...behavioral problems before the seizure. Another result of the study...that after the signs of a seizure were more completely explained...had prior, unrecognized ...

Article: Living with epilepsy not around it.(Interview)
The Exceptional Parent;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......you diagnosed with epilepsy? Kevin: I was diagnosed...had been having seizures for about a year...so many kinds of seizures that it can be hard...progress in treating my epilepsy once we knew what...work to control my seizures. I set my prescription...so how does your epilepsy affect ...