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2026
May
05,
2026
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11:17 AM
America/Chicago
Growing up, Lexi Waggoner instinctively knew what to do when her little brother Luke had seizures at home.She’d hold his hand and talk to him during the sudden stiffness or muscle spasms and blank stare. She made sure he wasn’t choking. She stayed …
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March
11,
2026
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14:12 PM
America/Chicago
National medical journal features Cook Children’s role in studies of breakthrough epilepsy treatment
Children and teens with Dravet syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy, have new hope following treatment with an investigative therapy that alters the effects of the genetic abnormality responsible for their condition.Following treatment, children …
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2024
November
01,
2024
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09:58 AM
America/Chicago
A Work of Heart: Former Patient Donates to Neuro Art Collection After Life-Changing Epilepsy Surgery
By Amber KaiserShanley Stuteville, 25, has been a lifelong patient at Cook Children’s after she was diagnosed with epilepsy at 3 years old. When she was 19, she underwent life-changing lesionectomy surgery and hasn’t had a seizure since 2020. This …
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September
11,
2024
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15:27 PM
America/Chicago
By Amber KaiserOne in 26. That’s the number of people who will develop epilepsy in their lifetime. Each November, Cook Children’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Program creates original T-shirt designs to raise epilepsy awareness. This year’s theme is …
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February
12,
2024
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14:58 PM
America/Chicago
For the first time in its 105-year history, Cook Children’s Medical Center is the recipient of and primary institution for a $2.3 million research project grant, known as an R01, by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the …
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2023
November
16,
2023
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10:50 AM
America/Chicago
By Charlotte SettleCooper Jeffcoat was a 15-year-old sophomore in high school when his life changed forever. He had a passion for skateboarding and dreams of joining the military or attending the police academy after graduation. “All of a …
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September
29,
2023
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10:31 AM
America/Chicago
Cook Children's is hosting a short film screening and virtual discussion on Nov. 8 at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth to raise awareness for Epilepsy Awareness Month. Join us for “Under the Lights,” an inspiring story about a teen with …
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March
26,
2023
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15:54 PM
America/Chicago
Sunday, March 26, 2023 is Epilepsy Awareness Day to spotlight this neurological condition that affects nearly 50 million people worldwide. People are encouraged to wear purple. By Ashley AntleThere was a time when constant seizures plagued …
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2017
November
01,
2017
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15:46 PM
America/Chicago
Cook Children’s patients, families and staff came together on Wednesday, Nov. 1, to kick off Epilepsy Awareness Month on the lawn in front of the medical center.
But it was one of the people who could not be at the event that was the cause …
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2016
November
04,
2016
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09:51 AM
America/Chicago
Bonita Ocampo stood on her grandmother’s porch and performed for her cousins. Her guaranteed laugh was her impersonation of Pee-wee Herman. After all, nothing was funnier than Pee-wee in the 1980s.
Then her diagnosis of epilepsy at 7 …
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