Category: "Driving & Epilepsy"

Galloway police assumed this woman had taken drugs. Instead, she was having an epileptic seizure.

Galloway police assumed this woman had taken drugs. Instead, she was having an epileptic seizure.

Corynne McKenney-Collier’s lawyer Stanley King filed a tort notice last week of intentions to file a lawsuit alleging “unnecessary and excessive force” by Galloway police.   Shortly after leaving home for work about 7 a.m., Corynne McKenney-Collier’s vehicle swerved on a South Jersey road, striking a tree. After having an epileptic seizure, she has little […]

Seizures While Driving Highlight Importance of Early  Diagnosis of Epilepsy

Seizures While Driving Highlight Importance of Early Diagnosis of Epilepsy

Before learning they had epilepsy, about 5% of people who have what’s called focal epilepsy had a seizure while driving, new research suggests. “Seizures while driving pose substantial risks for those experiencing them and for others on the road,” said study author Dr. Jacob Pellinen, of the University of Colorado in Aurora and a member of […]

Can People With Epilepsy Drive?

Can People With Epilepsy Drive?

Whether you can drive with epilepsy depends on your specific diagnosis, treatment, and the laws in your state. Epilepsy is a neurological condition that results in seizures. Because seizures can come on unpredictably and without warning and cause involuntary behaviors including loss of consciousness, driving when you have epilepsy poses some risks. This article explains driving laws by state, how […]

YOUR HEALTH: A.I., Safe Driving for People with Epilepsy?

YOUR HEALTH: A.I., Safe Driving for People with Epilepsy?

About three million American adults have epilepsy. Every state has different requirements when it comes to driving with the condition, the most common is that patients be seizure-free for a specific period of time and submit a doctor’s evaluation. Now, researchers at Yale University are using the power of artificial intelligence to help more accurately […]

Health Beat: Safe driving for people with epilepsy

Health Beat: Safe driving for people with epilepsy

There’s a huge sense of freedom when you’re behind the wheel, but it’s also a skill that requires you to avoid distractions. This can prove difficult for people with epilepsy. Medication or deep brain stimulation may control the severity of seizures, but brief periods of abnormal brain activity are difficult to detect. “We have a […]

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