A seizure is essentially an “electrical short circuit” in the brain. Irregular electrical activity causes the body to contract, shake, and lose control. This can happen due to epilepsy (the “falling ...

Not many are aware of exactly how they can help if someone experiences a seizure in front of them; Dr Rahul Chawla shares ...

"They did a brain scan but said that nothing was wrong, and they told me that it's likely never to happen again," Isabella Fairclough tells PEOPLE Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michal Sklar was one day shy of her 17th birthday when she had an unexplained seizure in front of her entire high school Days into ...

Approximately 1 in 26 people develop epilepsy, a condition in which someone experiences recurring and unprovoked seizures. But experiencing a seizure does not always mean a person has epilepsy.

Strobe lights, late nights and broken routines can trigger seizures. An epilepsy expert shares how families and neighbors can ...

A video of Yareli Jessica Gijon having a seizure in class has gone viral reaching over 13 million views Yareli Jessica Gijon Yareli Jessica Gijon experienced her first seizure at age 12 and was later ...

When someone has a seizure, they're not allowed to drive for a certain period of time. Now in Pennsylvania, that time has been reduced. Channel 11's Jennifer Tomazic spoke with a local mother who is ...

When Truman Pierson’s newborn cousin, Noa, was diagnosed with epilepsy, he had an intimate view of the impact the brain condition had on the lives of his family members. The unpredictable nature of ...

A seizure can be scary. And when you’re already living with multiple sclerosis (MS), it’s easy to wonder whether the episode could somehow be related — and if you now have a new symptom you’ll need to ...

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- "My son had epilepsy. I wanted to create a pillow to enhance air flow and protect against suffocation if having a seizure at night," said an inventor, from ...

Michal Sklar tells PEOPLE she was still in the hospital when she realized her brain had begun processing what doctors and ...