By: Stephanie Tuminello Patients and doctors alike oftentimes consider surgery the last resort in epilepsy treatment. This is…
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Noise of the Neurons
By Priyal Sakhuja Imagine sitting in a classroom at school or with your friends at lunch, trying to go about your normal day-to-day activities, but…
A Brighter Picture
By Stephanie Tuminello Conventionally, epilepsy has been treated with a variety of drug alternatives. These drugs are aimed at controlling seizures, and while…
Mind Over Matter
By Priyal Sakhuja Take a deep breath in, raise your hands overhead, arms straight, and reach toward the sky with your fingertips. Find your center…
Relationships and Epilepsy
By: Stephanie Tuminello With Valentine’s Day just passed it seemed as though all the world was full of reds and pinks and candy hearts. All…
Reaching the Heart of India
By: Priyal Sakhuja The great Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The true India is not to be found in its few cities, but in its seven…
Schizoid and schizotypal personality disorders are characterized by long-standing patterns of detachment from social relationships and difficulty in establishing and maintaining those relationships.
The Keto Diet: Fat is the Cure
Welcome to the Keto Diet. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner consist of mainly fats in a 3:1 ratio of fats to carbohydrates and protein but can…
Steps towards Explaining Epilpesy
BOOM! POW! Nowadays when we read about superheroes, they are beating up the bad guys – the robbers, the…
The Stem of the Stigma
We’ve talked a lot about the stigma of epilepsy in all parts of our life: in school, at work, at home, and in general. We’ve…
Suspect 6: Tonic-Clonic. (A.K.A. the grand mal)
By: Neha Kinariwalla Before cueing any James Bond music, let’s take a look at the grand mal (equally big and bad)! Because we often tend to unfairly stigmatize epilepsy…