Epilepsy Explained makes epilepsy research easier to follow for people with epilepsy, families, and caregivers. Founder and publisher Ariel Gross is responsible for the site, its publishing process, and corrections.
How our summaries are prepared
We use an automated system to find research through sources such as PubMed, research feeds, and clinical trial records. OpenAI tools help prepare plain-language summaries, headlines, and some illustrations. The system can publish summaries after its publication checks pass.
A summary may be based on the paper’s abstract rather than its full text. The source link lets you find the original research. When we add a source-basis note, it says which material was checked.
Our publication checks require enough source information to support a useful explanation of the research question, methods, findings, and limitations. A title or citation alone is not enough. If findings are unavailable, we hold the research summary rather than guess. Reviews, editorials, study announcements, and original research are different kinds of material and should be described accordingly.
How we describe the evidence
We aim to state whether research involves people, animals, or laboratory models, and whether it is a clinical trial, observational study, review, or case report. We explain important limits such as small samples, short follow-up, indirect comparisons, and uncertainty. An association does not by itself show cause and effect, and a promising finding does not automatically change established care.
Research summaries describe what a particular source reports. Practical guidance is based on established public-health or epilepsy-organization resources, which we link so readers can check them. First aid and prescribed rescue medicine must also follow the person’s individual seizure action plan.
Editorial responsibility
Ariel is responsible for the publishing process and for responding to concerns about the site’s content. Automated source checks help catch missing evidence and unsuitable summary formats. Readers can flag questionable passages through the corrections route below, and we check reported concerns against their sources.
The site provides educational information. Decisions about diagnosis, treatment, medicine changes, and individual risks belong with the person’s healthcare team.
Suggest a correction
Email hello@epilepsyexplained.com with the page URL, the passage you are questioning, and a supporting source if available. The inbox is checked periodically. Please do not send private medical records or use it for urgent medical help.
When a factual correction changes the meaning of an article, we add a dated note explaining the change. Ordinary wording improvements and updates to reflect newer evidence are separate from correcting an error. We keep previous versions so changes can be traced.
Updated October 4, 2026.