November/December 2008

On the hit NBC television show Heroes, Grunberg plays telepathic detective Matt Parkman. But Grunberg's real hero is his 12-year-old son Jake, who was diagnosed with epilepsy five years ago.

Genetic testing can reveal the secrets hiding in your DNA. But are genetic testing companies giving you an accurate risk assessment?

Are psychogenic nonepileptic seizures fake? Not to the people who have them or the doctors who treat them.

With all 25,000 genes in human DNA identified, scientists are working to determine why certain genetic traits are passed down and which ones lead to diseases.

Families who push for new therapies may be disappointed when experimental drug trials have strict eligibility rules.

The film draws a parallel between baseball nostalgia and the symptoms of memory loss to figure out how much memories are worth.

Make the most of your prescription coverage so you can follow your doctor’s orders and keep up with your meds without breaking the bank.

A new study seeks to find out if thymectomy surgery helps control myasthenia gravis symptoms or if medication alone is more effective.

Symptoms of mild Arnold Chiari malformation typically don’t appear, so a brain scan is needed to discover it.

Rett syndrome and autism have some similarities, but also have noticeable differences.

I alone am responsible for accepting MS. And I’m amazed to find that I feel very thankful for this new world of living with multiple sclerosis.