The Epilepsy Spectrum: Recent Episodes
Tiffany Webb
Welcome to The Epilepsy Spectrum, your short and sweet stop for all things epilepsy! Listen every Sunday for new topics, stories or interviews all about epilepsy!
November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month in the U.S.! The Epilepsy Spectrum is celebrating by sharing your stories all month long!
Mike Gurash is now seizure-free after his long journey with post traumatic epilepsy! Learn about his holistic, natural approach to improving his brain health!
This week's episode shares a few ideas on how to avoid seizures in the heat of summer! Enjoy your summer and stay cool out there!
With the pandemic, all the stress and heavy news in the media, take a few minutes to unload and hear my lighter side of things.
Here are ten fun/functional Titan Tips for surviving this crazy world right now! 💜
How could the coronavirus (COVID-19) affect your epilepsy? Learn more about the virus and how we can stay prepared. Resources below:
www.who.int cdc.gov
www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/85320e5424dfaaa75ae62e5c06e61
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/us/coronavirus-deaths-estimate.html
http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2020-03/05/content_75778340.htm
Eric Kossoff, a director and professor at John Hopkins, is a world renowned expert on dietary therapies for epilepsy. In under twenty minutes, he shares dietary information that will help you understand if you or a loved one may be good candidates for the ketogenic diet! You don't want to miss this one!
Rebroadcast: Top 10 tips to improve your health through your pharmacy and a few resources to help you get the assistance you need. Mentioned in this episode:
Realm of Caring theroc.us
Extra Help Program ssa.gov
Kroger Savings Club krogersc.com
More: needymeds.org healthwellfoundation.org panfoundation.org mygooddays.org
Did you know that stress is one of the most common triggers for seizures? This week, listen to my top ten list about how to deal with stress!
Happy Sunday! Today we have a conversation with Hogne Ulla about a seizure tracking app using a sleek, wearable headset that helps children and adults with absence seizures. Learn more about Epihunter and how they are helping the epilepsy community!
Continued - listen to Torie Robinson and I have an in-depth conversation about language, barriers, and living life with epilepsy.
www.epilepsysparks.com
CEO and founder Torie Robinson talks about her experience with seizures and her global work for the epilepsy community through Epilepsy Sparks.
Join Torie and Tiff for a discussion about epilepsy - in part one, we learn about her personally, and we begin a discussion on epilepsy and terminology. Stay tuned next week to hear the rest of the conversation!
Jim Abrahams discusses what the ketogenic diet is, how it stopped his son's seizures, and and how it led to The Charlie Foundation and his work in the epilepsy community.
Alison Kukla shares this week about the Epilepsy Foundation's newest program, the Epilepsy Learning Healthcare System. Involving community engagement, it is a model that has been used to improve healthcare for a variety of conditions - and she is confident that this program will improve epilepsy care.
A list of ten apps that may make your life with epilepsy easier!
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Learn more about generalized epilepsy! This type of seizure is one of the most common types, and what people tend to think of when they think of when they think 'epilepsy'.
Welcome to Titan Tips on Thursdays, from your host, Tiff the Titan! Every Thursday I'll be posting a quick tip or thought to help you manage your epilepsy and be the best you! This week, I go through brain coach Jim Kwik's Top 10 Brain Foods list! Enjoy!
Not sure where to look, or learn more about CBD? In this episode, discover more about hemp, marijuana, CBD, the differences and research surrounding this medicinal plant. Realm of Caring is a 501(c)3 non-profit that speaks with me about all this and more. Visit their site at theroc.us or find them online to learn more about their work for the epilepsy and cannabis community.
This week's episode is in honor of 20 year old Disney star Cameron Boyce, who died in his Los Angeles home from a seizure.
Learn about what to expect with an EEG, and how an ambulatory video EEG can be beneficial in helping your physician diagnose your epilepsy and seizure types! Pat Trudeau has served on the board of the Epilepsy Foundation and been in patient care for 35 years.