Dr. Marcie Hall answers the question: 'Staring Into Space vs. Absence Seizure?' Oct. 23, 2008 -- Question: How do you tell the difference between staring into space "as if in his/her own world" and an ...

(NewsNation) — March 26 is Purple Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about epilepsy worldwide. An estimated 50 million people worldwide are diagnosed with epilepsy, and seizures are the main ...

Absence seizures are thought to, at least in part, be caused by abnormal neuron firing between the thalamus and the cortex. For unknown reasons, neurons in these two brain regions become ...

Your child’s brain is an incredible electrical system. Billions of neurons firing in perfect harmony to create thoughts, movements, feelings, and memories. But sometimes, that delicate electrical ...

More than 3.4 million people in the United States have epilepsy, so it is a relatively common diagnosis. In fact, it is the fourth-most common neurologic condition in the world. November is National ...

Barton Holmes was 16 months old when he had his first seizure. "He was convulsing and his eyes were rolling in the back of his head," his mother, Catherine McEaddy Holmes, says. "His lips were blue. I ...