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Music Therapy for Neurologic Conditions: Understanding How It Works
Dr. Connie Tomaino, music therapist and co-founder of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, discusses how music therapy is used to treat neurologic conditions and explains what we know abou
Despite Medical Training, A Young Doctor’s Epilepsy Goes Undiagnosed for a Decade
This month on Seizing Life Dr. Kelly Tyson shares her decade-long journey to an epilepsy diagnosis. Despite numerous visits to various medical experts through the years and majoring in neuroscience i
Joey’s Song Musicians: Rocking for Epilepsy Research is Personal
This month Seizing Life goes on location at the Joeys Song Freezing Man Festival to speak with Kay Hanley and John Cowsill, two musicians with personal connections to epilepsy who participated in th
Fostering a Good Relationship with Your Child’s Epilepsy Care Team
This month on Seizing Life Patricia Dean, ARNP and the Epilepsy Network Specialist in the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at Nicklaus Childrens Hospital in Miami, discusses managing the relationship w
SCN8A and Infantile Spasms: A Mother & Researcher Pursues a New Potential Therapy
Dr. Madeleine Oudin shares her daughters epilepsy journey following a devastating genetic diagnosis and the onset of infantile spasms, and explains how it has impacted her work as a researcher in pur
Rocking for Research: The Inspiration and Impact of Joey’s Song
Joeys Song founder Mike Gomoll shares his sons epilepsy story and discusses the creation, growth, and evolution of Joeys Song into the multi-artist, multi-day, Freezing Man Festival.
One Family’s SUDEP story: A Tragic Loss Drives SUDEP Advocacy and Fundraising
In observance of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) Action Day on October 16th, we speak with the Maffie family about the tragic loss of Anthony Maffie to SUDEP and their advocacy and fundrai
Overcoming Seizures to Pursue a Neuroscience Degree and Help Others Living with Epilepsy
This month we welcome Matthew Summerfield to the podcast. Matthew has lived with epilepsy since his first seizure at the age of eleven. Though he was advised early on not to tell anyone about his epil
Post-Traumatic Epilepsy: What We Know and Where the Research is Going
This month onSeizing Life we speak with Dr. Elisa Zanier of the Mario Negri Institute in Milan, Italy about the current state of research into Post-Traumatic Epilepsy (PTE) in the wake of a recent I
Post-Traumatic Epilepsy: A Lasting Impact on our Veterans
Seizures resulting from traumatic brain injuries continue to impact American veterans with epilepsy long after other combat wounds have healed.