The term executive functions describes a range of abilities. A typical list of these includes initiation, sustained attention, planning, organization, set-shifting, conceptual functioning, awareness, ...

Our family has been affected by epilepsy since my son had his first atypical tonic-clonic seizure when he was 6 months old. He was eventually diagnosed with an SCN1A mutation.After many ER trips, a ...

As nighttime approaches your heart beats faster as your anxiety level rises. “What if a seizure happens tonight? What if no one is there to help?” Whether you are patient or caregiver, the fear of ...

For 25-year-old former NASCAR driver Matt Tifft, taking a detour from his racing career due to an epilepsy diagnosis was not in the plan. Nevertheless, Tifft went from driving in the NASCAR Cup series ...

My name is Damani, and I have epilepsy. It started as something small. A strange feeling I couldn’t explain. My vision warped. My thoughts twisted. I didn’t know it then, but I was having a focal ...

One of the primary initiatives of the SUDEP Institute is to drive sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) education and awareness programs to people touched by epilepsy and to medical ...

Access this 30-minute online training from anywhere, anytime. Seizure First Aid Ready educates the public on the Epilepsy Foundation’s basic procedures for responding to someone having a seizure. The ...

Ryker is a four-year-old boy who resides in New Jersey with his mother Charissa, father, and dog. He is fun-loving and his laughter brings a smile to any stranger’s face. He loves preschool, and some ...

Often times, living with epilepsy means not only wading through seizures, various drug treatments and side effects, but other medical and psychiatric condition as well. Some of the most frequent ...

Treatment for status epilepticus is as follows: Rescue medications are used to stop the seizures.; Oxygen and other breathing support, as well as IV fluids can be given. If repeated seizures cannot be ...

Update Watch the recording of this webinar. [scald=36406:sdl_editor_representation] Evidence Based Self-Management Programs in Epilepsy: Tools for Behavioral Health Providers, by Epilepsy Foundation ...

I discovered I had epilepsy after experiencing my first tonic-clonic seizure in my 40s. I had just arrived at work, sat down at my desk, and the next thing I knew, I was lying in a hospital bed, ...