If you are a caregiver for someone with epilepsy, you know that the role requires many skills and can be both rewarding and never ending.  Caregivers may be partners, parents, children, siblings, relatives or friends…

Onset of epilepsy is common in older adults.  In fact, in seniors over 65, epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder after migraine, dementia and stroke.  It is more likely to develop in later…

New study results from researchers at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center suggest that listening to music may help to reduce the risk of seizures in people with epilepsy. The researchers took electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings of…

With summer quickly coming upon us, it is important to consider some seasonal health and safety issues that people with epilepsy may have. For this months blog post we are revisitng a popular article that…

Seizures can happen anytime and anywhere. This can result in anxiety and fear for individuals with epilepsy and their caregivers. Often a big concern from caregivers of people with epilepsy is not knowing when a…

March is an important month for epilepsy. March is Epilepsy Awareness Month in Canada and March 26th is Purple Day (this is an international day for epilepsy awareness). Click here for background information about Purple Day. In celebration of…