seizures
So How Exactly Does a GIF Cause a Seizure?
Scientists can identify the triggers of photosensitive epileptic seizures, like strobes, but working out why these seizures happen is a little harder.
What It's Like to Live with Epilepsy
Once, I sat down on the floor of an art gallery, took off my shoes, and emptied out the entire contents of my bag. I had no recollection of it happening.
'I Wanted To Show Them How it Felt': The Women Using VR as Empathy Activism
From the experience of an Indigenous elder to the plight of pregnant refugees, meet the female filmmakers revolutionizing how we see the world.
Another Week, Another Bunch of Record-Breaking UK Drug Statistics
Drug deaths are at an all-time high in Yorkshire, and drug seizures are through the roof in Northern Ireland.
Read An Excerpt of 'How to Ruin Everything' By George Watsky
Having epilepsy makes bathtubs seem like lethal weapons.
When Medicines Turn on You: Antibiotics Leave Patients With Psychosis, Stroke-like Symptoms
One type of antibiotic-related delirium results in seizures and involuntary muscle contractions, while another results in a state which resembles drug-induced psychosis from cocaine.
Australian Police Have Seized $1.26 Billion Worth of Meth Hidden in Bras
Police seize $1.2 billion worth of ice hidden in bras
A Lawsuit Claims an Alabama Girl and Her Mom Got Tasered After the Teen Had a Seizure at a Rap Concert
Even after a year defined by allegation after allegation of horrific police brutality, this one is tough to fathom.
What It's Like to Live with Half a Brain
There are people living with parts, halves, or more of their brains removed all around the US
Excessive Candy Consumption Is Giving Children Burns and Seizures
Turns out your mom was right: too much candy is bad for you. But she didn't say that licorice and sour suckers would cause bloody tongue blisters and seizures.
Hear a Chaotic Orchestra Made from Brainwaves
Programmer and visual artist Brian Foo translated EEG brainwave data into music to create "Rhapsody in Grey."
Meth Is Flooding California — and You Can Blame Mexican Cartels
Meth seizures along the Mexico-California border and at the San Diego airport and seaport quadrupled between 2009 and 2014, according to US Customs and Border Protection data.