When you're having an absence seizure, you may blink frequently, stare into space and appear to be zoned out for 15 to 20 seconds while your awareness is impaired. There is typically no warning for these episodes. In fact, you could be walking or...
When you couple the fact that adolescents become addicted to substances more quickly than adults do with the reality that alcohol abuse frequently results in adolescent suicides and traffic deaths, the need for swift intervention becomes obvious....
Simply put, a seizure is an electrical disturbance in the brain that causes a change in awareness, sensation, behavior and movement. In some cases, an epileptic may experience a loss of consciousness. A variety of seizure types exist, each with...
The environmental writer Edward Abbey once wrote, "May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds." The combination of danger and glory in mountain...
