Overcoming Epilepsy
Learn how to take control, participate in treatment, and gain a better quality of life for you and the ones you love.
Learn how to take control, participate in treatment, and gain a better quality of life for you and the ones you love.
There are few medical conditions plagued by as many misconceptions and prejudices as epilepsy. For starters, it is neither a disease nor a diagnosis. Discover the truth about procedures, medicines, lifestyle choices, insurance coverage, and more from the medical experts behind life-altering research and treatment options.
Thirty percent of people with epilepsy have uncontrolled seizures. Medicine and other non-invasive treatments don’t help. For those individuals, surgery may be a viable treatment path. In this guide, a leading neurologist and his patients explain what surgery entails from pre-operative tests to post-operative effects.
Advancements in epilepsy management—from lifestyle choices to surgery—continue to emerge. These discoveries can dramatically improve day-to-day experiences and may even lead to a seizure-free life.
So, where do you begin?
With informative, simple-to-follow handbooks covering everything from personal care to conversations you should have with doctors. Welcome to better living through knowledge.
Dr. Ruben Kuzniecky is a distinguished neurologist and epilepsy specialist responsible for diagnosing and treating severe epileptic conditions. For more than a decade, he co-directed NYU Langone’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. He founded one of the largest epilepsy surgery programs in the U.S. And, today, he serves as Vice-chair of Academic Affairs and the Professor of Neurology at Zucker-Hofstra School of Medicine, Northwell Health System.