Seizures

Brain waves play Pong, but not for long

2013-06-12 06:05:00

A quadriplegic has used thought to make a robotic hand feed her chocolate. A monkey moved a computer cursor using brain waves. But how the brain “learns” to control something without sending the signal through a spine and nerves remains a...

Lil Wayne reveals he has epilepsy: 'I could have died'

2013-03-29 15:20:00

Lil Wayne wants to set the record straight about his seizures: He has epilepsy. The rapper called in to radio station Power 106 on Thursday to discuss his new album, "I Am Not a Human Being II," and to address concerns raised when he had a series of...

Slow response to tainted product

2013-02-21 18:28:00

Sue Grey had used the product before, so she knew what to expect when she purchased a bottle of Super Colon Cleanse at a Woodland Hills CVS drugstore. Inside should have been 240 little gray capsules. But when Grey, 57, opened the sealed bottle at her...

To treat son’s epilepsy, a father turns to medical marijuana

2012-09-13 18:14:10

Oliver Sacks makes discovery an intimate pursuit in 'Hallucinations'

2012-11-09 09:45:00

NEW YORK — Oliver Sacks never meant to be part of the story. Indeed, much of his new book, "Hallucinations," (Alfred A. Knopf: 326 pp., $26.95), which mixes case studies, analysis and personal observation, had already been written when, in March...

On the frontier of medical pot to treat boy's epilepsy

2012-09-13 15:46:00

MODESTO —Topamax. Depakote. Phenobarbital. The list goes on. Before Jayden David turned 5, he had tried a dozen powerful medications to tame a rare form of epilepsy. The side effects were devastating. There were grand mal seizures that lasted...

Prosecutors consider charges against ex-Commerce secretary

2012-07-02 21:35:14

Ex-Commerce Secretary Bryson tested positive for Ambien, D.A. says

2012-07-03 16:36:15

Epilepsy, psychiatric drug taken in pregnancy may cause developmental delays

2011-06-30 17:24:00

Pregnant women who take valproate sodium, a widely used�psychiatric and epilepsy medication (sold under�the commercial names Depakote, Depakene and Depacon) run a higher risk than women who take other anti-seizure drugs�that the child exposed in utero...

White House 'concerned' about Commerce Secretary John Bryson

2012-06-11 16:36:07

Dr. Paul H. Crandall dies at 89; invented techniques for diagnosing, treating epilepsy

2012-03-30 00:00:00

Dr. Paul H. Crandall, a UCLA neurosurgeon who pioneered now widely used techniques for diagnosing the source of epileptic seizures in the brain and removing the offending cells, died March 15 from complications of pneumonia at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical...

Lynn Newcomb Jr. dies at 91; Southern California skiing pioneer

2011-09-08 00:00:00

Lynn Newcomb Jr., a legendary mountain man credited with establishing the first ski lift in Southern California and introducing a generation of young people to the sport, died Monday in Bishop, Calif. He was 91. He had lived with Alzheimer's disease...

After a serious health scare, Lil Wayne seems to have made a recovery. Weezy attributes the scare, as well as his frequent seizures, to epilepsy. He hits the road on tour again in July and comes to Hartford's Comcast Theatre July 31.

2013-03-15 00:00:00

Actors Kristen Stewart (left) and Robert Pattinson, the stars of the new film "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1." A scene from the film has reportedly been causing epileptic seizures, which prompted the Maryland-based Epilepsy Foundation to issue a warning.

2011-11-17 00:00:00

This is one of my fathers happiest days. I'm the youngest of 6 children who graduated college. My father deserves this and so much more. He has been a faithful husband and father for 40 years. He was an engineer who was layed off, and worked 3 jobs for 5+ years to support us.

2011-06-14 07:41:07