3 Ways to Handle the Most Important Holiday Preparations for Allergy Sufferers

November 15, 2011 By

It’s beginning to look a lot like—time to get ready for the holidays. They’re coming fast, and I am feeling the pinch. It’s not like I wait until the last minute each year to prepare for those massive influxes of friends and family, but my house always seems to be

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November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month

November 15, 2011 By

National Epilepsy Awareness Month is sponsored by the Epilepsy Foundation, a national advocacy group dedicated to informing the public of the condition. College students are trying to raise awareness of epilepsy and uncover the myths surrounding it. “Epilepsy is a disorder of inappropriate firing of neurons in the brain.

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Tips for Your ADHD Child’s Teacher

November 3, 2011 By

Teaching students with ADHD becomes easier once certain systems are in place. Here are ideas to help create the system that works best for the teacher, student with ADHD and the rest of the class. Planning your Day 1. Avoid Activities that Require the Class to Sit for Long Periods

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Wii Helps Doctors Learn More About Seizures

October 29, 2011 By

Guest Post: Epileptic seizures are one of the hardest things for doctors to treat. A reason for this is that in order to treat seizures, you have to record them. Typically, someone suffering from seizures has to sit around, completely still, for hours hoping that a seizure will occur. This

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Incredible Chocolate Ketogenic Brownies

October 21, 2011 By

I recently came across this recipe for Ketogenic Brownies! YUM – I sure wish we had these when Adam was on the diet. ÂEnjoy, but we sure to get this measured properly by your dietician! Incredible Chocolate Ketogenic Brownies This is a soft, cake-like brownie that is mildly sweet. After

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The Story of Trevor Park – Using the Andrews-Reiter Approach

August 26, 2011 By

I have been dealing with my epilepsy ever since I was 13. I started getting grand mal seizures lasting anywhere from 30 seconds to a few minutes. I would black out, and the seizures would leave me confused, sore and usually lying on the ground. Having seizures changed my outlook

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Research Shows the Ketogenic Diet Reduces Seizures in Focal Epilepsy

November 6, 2009 By

In my last posting I reviewed some of the recent progress in research on the use of the ketogenic diet. In this posting I’d like to follow up by reviewing an exciting study published this past February by a group of French researchers on the use of the ketogenic diet

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Research About The Ketogenic Diet and Childhood Epilepsy Is Moving Forward

July 15, 2009 By

The parents of kids with epilepsy in this community might be interested to know that research on the effect of dietary therapy on childhood epilepsy is moving forward rapidly. The ketogenic diet, if you’re not already familiar with it, is a diet that carefully controls and balances nutrients to provide

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Jenny McCarthy Says Toxins In Vaccines Are A Trigger (Video)

April 1, 2009 By

Jenny McCarthy is speaking out against vaccines, not because she is against the vaccines themselves, but because of the loads of unnecessary toxins in vaccines. Why is she so against the “toxins”? Well, she believes there is pretty good evidence these toxins can flip the switch and trigger autism in

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Doctor Appointment

December 17, 2008 By

The neuro appointment yesterday was not to bad. We talked about all the aspects of her seizure the night before. Then we got down to the fact she has now been on a total of three medicines, none of them fully controlling the seizures. That with the fact the seizures

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