What Causes Epilepsy

By David Allesmith at 18 April, 2009

What causes persons to have recurrent electrical “storms” in the brain, bringing on seizures? The fact is that in most cases of epilepsy the cause is not known. However, it is said that anything that damages nerve cells in the brain can be responsible.
Thus a blow to the brain can be the cause, or a [...]

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Improving Understanding of Epilepsy

By ARA at 30 June, 2008

Kelly Richards of Westmont, Ill., is committed to paving the way for her daughter Carly to have as normal a childhood as possible and to reduce the rejection and teasing she faces as a 14-year-old with epilepsy.
“When Carly was in fourth grade, I asked her what she’d wish for if she could have anything in [...]

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