Seizing Life

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Seizing Life, a CURE Epilepsy podcast hosted by Kelly Cervantes, aims to inspire empathy & give hope as we search for a cure for epilepsy. Together, we can find a cure. We can seize life.

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One Woman’s Epilepsy Journey Through Childhood, Parenting, Discrimination, and Surgery

Apr 03 2024 36 mins

This month on Seizing Life® author Laura Beretsky shares her decades-long journey with epilepsy chronicled in her recent memoir Seizing Control.

A Nurse’s Knowledge & A Mother’s Love Leads to Son’s Life-Changing Brain Surgery

Mar 06 2024 34 mins

A mother uses her nursing knowledge to advocate for her son’s epilepsy care and surgery.

Artificial Intelligence and Epilepsy: The Promise & Pitfalls of AI in Diagnosis and Treatment

Feb 07 2024 37 mins

Dr. Daniel Goldenholz of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center discusses the current and potential impacts of artificial intelligence on epilepsy care.

Best of Seizing Life 2023

Jan 03 2024 30 mins

This week on Seizing Life®, we revisit several compelling conversations from the past year in our Best of Seizing Life 2023 compilation episode.

Rare Epilepsy Organizations: Fostering Community and Advancing Research

Dec 27 2023 20 mins

This week on Seizing Life® we speak with two rare epilepsy organizations, The KCNT1 Epilepsy Foundation and The Cute Syndrome Foundation, about community, awareness, and advancing research.

Regenerative Brain Cell Therapy: One Woman’s Journey to Seizure Freedom

Dec 13 2023 26 mins

This week on Seizing Life® Annette Adkins discusses the impacts of intractable epilepsy on her life, and how it led her to a regenerative brain cell clinical trial that has brought her a year of seizure freedom.

Infantile Spasms: The Facts, The Research, and The Hope for the Future

Nov 29 2023 30 mins

This week on Seizing Life® epilepsy researcher Dr. Chris Dulla provides information about infantile spasms, from detection and diagnosis to current research and future improvements in treatment.

Epilepsy in Women: Challenges, Concerns, and Considerations

This week on Seizing Life® Dr. Elizabeth Gerard discusses concerns specific to women living with epilepsy. From puberty to menstruation, contraception, pregnancy, and menopause, we explore managing epilepsy through all stages of a woman’s life.

NYC Marathoner Achieves Seizure Control and Runs for Epilepsy Research

Nov 01 2023 30 mins

This week on Seizing Life® Peter Burpee shares his experiences with absence and tonic clonic seizures and explains why he’s running for Team CURE Epilepsy in the upcoming NYC Marathon.

Searching for Answers, Providing Support, and Understanding Grief After the Death of a Child

This week on Seizing Life® Dr. Richard Goldstein, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, discusses his research into both Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics (SUDP) and the grieving process of bereaved parents.