When and how do you push back against medical professionals? Where do you go for information, and how do you access the best care for your child?

If you have listened to the Seizing Life podcast you know that it’s produced by CURE Epilepsy. But do you know what CURE Epilepsy, the organization, actually does? Are you aware of its mission and how it funds epilepsy research to help accelerate science and find a cure?

With students preparing to head back to college campuses, we revisit several previous episodes in which students with epilepsy and their parents discuss their experiences choosing and attending college.

Today on Seizing Life, we speak with epilepsy researcher, educator, and patient Dr. Steve White.  Dr. White has been involved in the field of epilepsy research for over 40 years, is a former CURE Epilepsy grant recipient, and is a

Today on Seizing Life, we speak with epilepsy researcher, educator, and patient Dr. Steve White. Dr. White is a professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Washington. He is also an epilepsy patient, having experienced his first seizure in 2010.

A mother’s awareness of infantile spasms and persistence contributes to a positive outcome for her daughter.

On this episode of Seizing Life, Lissy recounts her daughter’s onset, diagnosis and ACTH steroid treatment for infantile spasms. She also explains why early detection and treatment are so important, where to find infantile spasms support groups, and how awareness and education among parents, caregivers, and doctors can result in positive outcomes for infants with I.S.

Epilepsy patient, counselor, and author Jon Sadler discusses living with epilepsy for more than 50 years and how his experiences have shaped his perspective on epilepsy and informed his efforts to become a counselor and help fellow patients and caregivers.

On this week’s Seizing Life, epilepsy patient, counselor, and author Jon Sadler discusses his 50-year journey living with epilepsy. Jon’s experiences reflect many of the challenges and concerns of people with epilepsy including stigma, employment, family, dealing with changing treatments and side-effects, and undergoing life-changing brain surgery.

After the loss of his fiancé to SUDEP, Geoff Applegate a single-parent was left coping with his own grief while also learning how to help his young son understand the loss of his mother.