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  • NOVEMBER IS EPILEPSY AWARENESS MONTH

    Carrie Jacobs|Nov 15, 2012

    EPILEPSY: AN OVERVIEW Epilepsy is a neurological condition that makes people susceptible to seizures. A seizure is a change in sensation, awareness or behavior brought about by a brief electrical disturbance in the brain. Seizures vary from a momentary disruption of the senses, to short periods of unconsciousness or staring spells, to convulsions. Some people have just one type of seizure. Others have more than one type. Although they look different, all seizures are caused by the same thing: a sudden change in how the cells of the brain send...