This week on Seizing Life®, recent college graduate and CURE Epilepsy summer intern Kiley Flowers joins us to talk about Jeavons syndrome and share her personal journey with this rare form of generalized epilepsy.
Category Archives: Types of Epilepsy
A Teen Uncovers the Emotional Impacts of Childhood Seizures
This week on Seizing Life®, we speak with Hailey Yoon about the emotional and psychological impacts that childhood epilepsy may have even years after seizures subside.
A Marine Explains the Value of Receiving An Accurate Epilepsy Diagnosis A Decade Late
This week on Seizing Life® former Marine Captain Jack Somers shares his long and sometimes frustrating journey to an epilepsy diagnosis, after living for more than a decade with a diagnosis of “generalized seizure disorder”.
Inflammation’s Role in Epilepsy and How it Might be Prevented
This week on Seizing Life, epilepsy researcher Dr. Nicholas Varvel explains the connection between inflammation and epilepsy, the promising research being done, and the potential treatment.
Epilepsy Stories and the Research Making a Difference
This week on Seizing Life we present personal stories of three key areas of epilepsy research: Post-Traumatic Epilepsy, SUDEP, and Drug-Resistant epilepsy.
Rare Epilepsy: Collaborating for Advocacy, Research, and Community
Yssa DeWoody of Ring14 USA and the Rare Epilepsy Network provides a primer on rare epilepsies: what they are, how they are diagnosed and treated, and where to find resources and support.
A Post-Traumatic Epilepsy Journey: Diagnosis Acceptance Leads to Career Helping Others
Mark DeFee shares his years-long journey with post-traumatic epilepsy from his diagnosis following multiple concussions, through his years of denial in college, to his acceptance and efforts to manage his seizures.
Finding Solutions and Pursuing Passions with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
This week on Seizing Life ®, Channing Seideman shares her epilepsy story from her first seizure to a diagnosis of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and tells us how she found safe ways to continue skiing and horseback riding.
Infantile Spasms – part 2: The Hope of Research
This week on Seizing Life® we conclude our two-part episode about infantile spasms (IS) by focusing on the research being conducted to improve understanding, detection, and treatment options for IS.
Infantile Spasms – Part 1: A Medical Emergency
This week on Seizing Life®, we focus on infantile spasms (IS), a rare and particularly severe epilepsy syndrome that typically begins within the first year of life. Our panel of experts addresses everything you need to know about IS, from diagnosis, to consultation, to treatment.