Seizures

On a recent rainy, seemingly uneventful Wednesday afternoon, my friend started screaming. This was unlike any scream I had ever heard, and for good reason: She thought her 10-month-old baby, Declan, was dying. I turned to Declan and instantly thought...

Living with epilepsy can be arduous if symptoms aren't well-controlled. For some people, that means medication. For others, it may mean surgery. But despite a recent study showing that epilepsy surgery can be highly effective in the long term, just a...

A healthy gift this holiday season. While crowds packed the stores on black Friday and others shopped online -- some chose to give a miracle. It's a new campaign aimed at offering a chance to fulfill holiday wishes with a gift from the heart. Let your...

Meredith French squeezes her eyes shut and shakes her head when she wants an oncoming seizure to go away.  "It doesn't work, though," she said.  The 9-year-old has temporal lobe epilepsy. She wants to raise awareness about the disorder, which does not...

As often as 40 times a day, “Stephen L.” has a sense that everything he is doing, he has done before. Once, to disrupt the constant drag of this déjà vu, he lurched into a wild dance in front of a washroom mirror. That was something he was...

 Redfield: Coletta M. Galbreath, 91, of Redfield died Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, at Golden Living Center in Redfield. Mass of Christian burial will be Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. at St. Bernard's Catholic Church in Redfield. Father Christopher Hughes...

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...

Scott Walter Rothstein Position Managing shareholder, chairman and CEO of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, Fort Lauderdale. Personal Born: June 1962 Marriage: First marriage ends in divorce in 2003; no children. Second marriage to Kimberly Ann Wendell,...

WINCHESTER¿POLICE Charged — Julio Santiago, 21, was charged Thursday with theft by unlawful taking. — Harold Wayne Salyers, 52, was charged Thursday with murder. Reports — At 10:57 a.m. Thursday, officers responded to a report of a...

From trauma and terror good things, even remarkable things, sometimes come. Our older dog, Flynn, has epilepsy, as has been chronicled (way too often, critics would say) in this newspaper. It’s heartbreaking to see him frothing, banging and...

WINCHESTER¿POLICE Charged — Cody C. Bradley, 20, was charged Saturday with possession of marijuana and was served a warrant. — Corey J. Cox, 19, was charged Saturday with no or expired registration plate, driving under the influence, one...

In the last frantic month, federal authorities seeking to detect terrorists within the United States have identified suspected Osama bin Laden supporters from Ohio to San Diego. They have blocked the departure of a Taliban recruiter. Investigators also...