(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 ...

What Is an Absence Seizure? Symptoms, Causes and More: By Shreoshree Chakrabarty Absence seizures are a type of epilepsy marked by brief lapses in awareness, often mistaken for daydreaming. Most ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Today marks Purple Day, a national initiative to raise awareness about epilepsy. Charlene Kirk from the Epilepsy Foundation of Arkansas shared insights into the condition and the ...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Mary Loughlin will tell you purple is not her favorite color, but during November, National Epilepsy Awareness Month, she wears purple every day. "Because if you're going to talk ...

Absence seizures, common in children, present as brief lapses in awareness, often mistaken for daydreaming. These non-convulsive seizures involve staring spells and subtle movements, potentially ...

Purple Day, observed annually on March 26, raises epilepsy awareness and dispels myths. Despite affecting 50 million people worldwide (WHO, 2022), epilepsy remains misunderstood, leading to stigma and ...

Terri Pajares began having epileptic seizures while she was in college, and after exhausting several medications, had to give up driving and rely on friends and family to get around. However, a ...

November is Epilepsy Awareness Month, but epilepsy does not respect a calendar. It is present every day in offices, warehouses, retail spaces, restaurants, manufacturing floors and corporate campuses.

Absence seizure, formerly known as petit mal seizure, is a type of short seizure that usually causes a person to briefly lose focus, stare into space, and lose awareness of their surroundings. These ...

When we think of seizures, the image that often comes to mind is convulsions — a person shaking, jerking, or losing control of their body. To be honest, that image alone is jarring enough to leave ...