Seizing Life

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Seizing Life episodes

April 14, 2021 Raising A Child with Both Autism and Epilepsy
On this week’s episode of Seizing Life, we speak with author, journalist, and mother Liane Kupferberg Carter. Liane’s son Mickey was diagnosed with autism at 5 years old, and several years later received an additional diagnosis of epilepsy.
27 min
March 31, 2021 Growing Up Alongside a Sibling with Epilepsy
This week on Seizing Life, we speak with two CURE Epilepsy Education Enrichment Fund Scholars about their experiences growing up with a sibling who has epilepsy. Emma Cardwell and Nathan Bliss share their siblings’ diagnoses and how this affected their respective families and themselves in both challenging and inspirational ways.
25 min
March 17, 2021 Community, Fatherhood, and Seizures
CURE Epilepsy and Epilepsy Canada recently entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate scientific progress and drive research forward to find a cure for epilepsy. To celebrate this new partnership, and in honor of Epilepsy Awareness Month in Canada, we speak with Alek and Brittany Stewart, husband and wife advocates for Epilepsy Canada.
26 min
March 03, 2021 Helping Your Teen Navigate Epilepsy
This week on Seizing Life we speak with Angie Froehlich about parenting a teenager with epilepsy. Angie’s daughter Chloe was diagnosed with epilepsy at age 12.
25 min
February 17, 2021 Epilepsy Advocacy and Education: Determining The Care You Need
What do you do when your life is suddenly upended by an epilepsy diagnosis? Where do you turn for reliable information? How do you find a neurologist that you connect with? Can you manage your seizures and live the life you’ve always had?
23 min
February 03, 2021 The Best of Seizing Life 2020
We revisit just a few of the amazing conversations from 2020. From growing up with epilepsy to an Army Captain’s battle with PTE, examining the epilepsy/mental health connection and finding hope in genetic research, Seizing Life spoke with a number
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29 min
February 03, 2021 The Best of Seizing Life 2020
This week on Seizing Life we revisit just a few of the incredible guests and conversations from 2020. In a challenging year, we, like so many across the country, had to adjust to working remotely. And although we had to sit in the kitchen alone, we were fortunate to be joined by many inspiring and insightful guests from across the country.
29 min
January 20, 2021 Epilepsy Drug Development: Clinical Trials – A Patient’s Perspective
In the finale of our 4-part series exploring the drug development process, we look at clinical trials through the eyes of a participant. We speak with Kim Nye, mother of two children with epilepsy and founder of the Tess Research Foundation, about her experiences enrolling her children in epilepsy clinical trials.
27 min
January 06, 2021 Epilepsy Drug Development: How Patients Can Make An Impact
In the third of our 4-part series exploring the drug development process, we share what patients should know about participating in clinical trials.
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28 min
January 06, 2021 Epilepsy Drug Development: How Patients Can Make An Impact
In the third part of our 4-part series exploring the drug development process, we explore the importance of clinical trial participation with Dr. Darcy Krueger, Director of the Tuberous Sclerosis Clinic and Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Neurology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
27 min

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Seizing Life® is a CURE Epilepsy podcast and videocast aiming to inspire empathy, offer personal stories, provide information on epilepsy research and care, and give hope as we search for a cure for…