My name is Kimberly Harding and I live with Intractable Epilepsy. I was formally diagnosed in February 2001, after hitting my head while snowboarding without a helmet. In those early months and years spent on Dilantin and Depakote, filled with ambulance rides and broken bones, I had over 200 seizures.…...
‘Pixelated’ video gaming tournament featuring popular Nintendo game to support Epilepsy Foundation
By Beth Cravey- August 10, 2016 – Jacksonville.com Jacksonville gaming groups will come together this weekend to host the “Pixelated” video gaming tournament to help raise public awareness and funds for the Epilepsy Foundation of Florida. The tournament will begin at 9 p.m. Saturday and end at 2 a.m. Sunday…...
More Epilepsy Services Available in NWFL (Radio Interview)
WUWF 88.1 – NPR for Florida’s Great Northwest, July 25, 2016 The Epilepsy Resource Center, based in Pensacola, is expanding its services to residents in the western Panhandle of Florida. One in 26 people will be diagnosed with epilepsy at some point in their life, according to the Epilepsy Foundation. The…...
Why Doctors Worldwide Are Looking Into This Little Boy’s Condition
May 19, 2016- The Huffington Post A little boy diagnosed with a rare epilepsy syndrome now has doctors around the world — and supportive Facebook users — keeping up with his condition. In March, Maryland 5-year-old Cameron Longley was admitted to the hospital after having seizures that seemed to be…...
Britain’s Got Talent finalist Wayne Woodward opens up as he reveals epilepsy diagnosis
By Warren Manger –Daily Record May 28, 2016 BRITAIN’S Got Talent star Wayne Woodward has revealed how he suffered a terrifying epileptic fit moments after winning through to tonight’s final. Singer Wayne collapsed backstage without warning after singing Frank Sinatra’s That’s Life and nearly bit through his tongue. At the…...
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