The whimsy of the picture belies the terror I feel at navigating the dark recesses of Sophie's brain. I am not a scientist. Sophie...

There's something sort of meta about that photo, isn't there? What does meta mean, anyway? Among, with, after. Something like th...

via marijuana.com I know you know I've got this great writing gig over at marijuana.com. What you might not know is that Saturday (...

I spoke with a woman last week whose baby recently had been given phenobarbital as a first-line defense when the baby developed seizures...

If I were French, I might call our current situation with Sophie -- the hives, the CBD, the THC, the Vimpat and the Onfi --  LA  SIT U A...

Today I learned that a space craft has landed on a comet for the first time. That's a photo of the event. Meanwhile back on earth, w...

photo by Jennifer W. I woke up this morning at just after 4:00 to Sophie howling in her bed, not a croon but a howl, the seizure slicin...

For many, many years, efforts to remove the stigma that epilepsy carries focused on a "living well with epilepsy" approach. ...

Vintage portrait of an Amazigh woman, immaculately dressed and adorned. the following is dedicated to my fellow Parents from the Land...

God, Blessing the Seventh Day - William Blake, c. 1805 My last post got many kind comments, some nearly over the top in praise of both...

Yesterday, I took my three kids to our local Epilepsy Foundation Family Picnic. To tell you the truth, I dreaded going, particularly aft...

Here are the newly published articles in your area(s) of interest for  June 29, 2012 : Epilepsy Reason for Optimism in Epilepsy? Medsc...

Looking forward to the webinar on December 13th, I wrote a brief essay in this month's Epilepsy and My Child Newsletter. You can re...

Forgive the repetitious posting of this flyer, but I am hoping to encourage many people to sign up for the December 13th webinar that I a...

An evidence-based medicine approach to therapeutics requires scientific demonstration of a drug's efficacy as well as knowledge of sho...

I'm back from New York and will post about it later (maybe) -- lots of walking the streets, a benefit that did pretty well for the cause...

I'm leaving in the morning for New York City, my favorite place in the world (except, maybe Florence, Italy) and won't be blogging f...

Comparing oneself to a tiger is trite stuff, but I'm going to do it. I am a tiger and not the sexy kind. This morning, Sophie woke up a...

I ran into an old friend the other day when I was wandering, dazed, through a local outdoor shopping mall. I hate to admit it but aside from...

Our morning wasn't so good. The boys were already at school, and Sophie was sleeping so peacefully on her back, mouth wide open, that I ...