I am stepping down as editor-in-chief of epilepsy.com at the end of this month as I prepare to become President of the American Epilepsy Society in December.

Whenever a public figure is suddenly hospitalized, news stories full of facts, figures and quotes from medical specialists abound. The most recent example is Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass), whose emergency medical evaluation after a reported seizure triggered a flurry of media attention culminating in the sad news that he had a serious form of brain cancer.

In some ways, this is children’s month -- from babies to teens. When the price of a medication for babies with Infantile Seizures (IS) jumps more than $20,000 a vial, all of us in the epilepsy community are concerned....

Welcome back to my blog. I want to share with you some really exciting and helpful new features on www.epilepsy.com. Put yourself in control of your...

Welcome back to my blog. Thanks to Tim Coughlan for his reply to my last blog. Tim - please leave your contact information with the webmaster, and we'll be in touch. And to Spiz - we continue to be interested in adding...

I thank everyone for their nice comments about epilepsy.com. Lee raises an important question: why isn’t epilepsy mentioned more on the news or on public service commercials on TV? Accurate information about epilepsy could...

Hello, everyone. My name is Steven Schachter, MD. I'm the editor-in-chief of epilepsy.com, and with the encouragement of Warren Lammert, the Chairman and Co-Founder of epilepsy.com's parent organization, the Epilepsy Therapy...