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FDA Recommends Approval of Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy 03/15/2010
FDA Recommends Approval of Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy
 
Light Therapy Might Help Scientists Silence Defective Brain Cells 03/09/2010
Light Therapy Might Help Scientists Silence Defective Brain Cells
 
Study for Childhood Absence Epilepsy Shows Older Medication to be Most Effective 03/03/2010
Study for Childhood Absence Epilepsy Shows Older Medication to be Most Effective
 
Study Suggests No Long Term Harm from Ketogenic Diet 03/03/2010
Study Suggests No Long Term Harm from Ketogenic Diet
 
New Epilepsy Research Initiative Approved at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke 02/19/2010
New Epilepsy Research Initiative Approved at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
 
Senator Orrin Hatch Recognized for Achievements in Epilepsy Awareness 02/16/2010
Senator Orrin Hatch Recognized for Achievements in Epilepsy Awareness
 
Drama or Reality TV: Do Medical Shows Depict Proper First Aid for Seizures? 02/14/2010
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Watching TV medical shows might not be the best way to learn what to do when someone has a seizure. Researchers screened the most popular medical dramas and found that doctors and nurses on the shows responded inappropriately to seizures almost half the time, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto April 10 to April 17, 2010.
 
FDA Approves Once-a-Day LamictalXR as Add-on Epilepsy Therapy for Primary Generalized Tonic-clonic Seizures 02/04/2010
FDA Approves Once-a-Day LamictalXR as Add-on Epilepsy Therapy for Primary Generalized Tonic-clonic Seizures
 
Medical Specialists Mount International Effort to Restore Critical Epilepsy Services in Haiti 02/04/2010
Medical Specialists Mount International Effort to Restore Critical Epilepsy Services in Haiti
 
Pivotal Trial Data Demonstrate Neuropace RNS System Reduced Seizures in People with Epilepsy 12/22/2009
Pivotal Trial Data Demonstrate Neuropace RNS System Reduced Seizures in People with Epilepsy
 
Viewing Seizures Can Be Helpful for Epilepsy Patients 12/08/2009
Viewing Seizures Can Be Helpful for Epilepsy Patients
 
New Pediatric Research Offers Hope for Children with Epilepsy and Their Families 12/07/2009
New Pediatric Research Offers Hope for Children with Epilepsy and Their Families
 
Research Finds Possible Cause of SUDEP 12/07/2009
Research Finds Possible Cause of SUDEP
 
Potential for Rapamycin in Tuberous Sclerosis and other Disorders 12/06/2009
Potential for Rapamycin in Tuberous Sclerosis and other Disorders
 
Research Sheds New Light on Seizures 12/05/2009
Research Sheds New Light on Seizures
 
Epilepsy Patients Caught in Treatment Gap are Not Getting State-of-the-Art Care 12/04/2009
Epilepsy Patients Caught in Treatment Gap are Not Getting State-of-the-Art Care
 
House Passes Health Care Reform Bill 11/09/2009
House Passes Health Care Reform Bill
 
Hate Crimes Bill Adding Protections for People with Disabilities Signed into Law by President Obama 10/29/2009
Hate Crimes Bill Adding Protections for People with Disabilities Signed into Law by President Obama
 
Epilepsy Foundation Launches National Campaign to Raise Epilepsy Awareness 10/26/2009
Epilepsy Foundation Launches National Campaign to Raise Epilepsy Awareness
 
EpilepsyUSA Reporter Wins Excellence in Epilepsy Journalism Award 10/21/2009
EpilepsyUSA Reporter Wins Excellence in Epilepsy Journalism Award
 
The Epilepsy Foundation of South Carolina Announces it Will Close 10/12/2009
The Epilepsy Foundation of South Carolina Announces it Will Close
 
Exposure to Antiepileptic Drugs in Pregnancy Not as Serious as Initially Reported 09/25/2009
Exposure to Antiepileptic Drugs in Pregnancy Not as Serious as Initially Reported
 
Epilepsy Foundation Applauds Nomination of Civil Rights Champion Chai Feldblum to the EEOC 09/21/2009
Epilepsy Foundation Applauds Nomination of Civil Rights Champion Chai Feldblum to the EEOC
 
CDC Releases Report on Effects of Swine Flu in Children 09/04/2009
CDC Releases Report on Effects of Swine Flu in Children
 
Sabril Approved by FDA to Treat Spasms in Infants and Epileptic Seizures 08/24/2009
Sabril Approved by FDA to Treat Spasms in Infants and Epileptic Seizures