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Top Psychiatric Hospitals in the U.S.
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The U.S. News & World Report’s annual psychiatric hospital survey is valued for its integrity, its impartiality and the method by which each hospital is rated.
Criteria for the survey is: hospital reputation and satisfaction…details of the services provided…plus patients’ feedback about their experiences.
The 15 hospitals ranked in Psychiatry were named as among the best for challenging cases and procedures by at least 5 percent of the psychiatric specialists who responded to U.S. News surveys in 2010, 2011, and 2012. Another 167 hospitals received nominations from one or more physicians. They are listed alphabetically below the ranked hospitals.
Epilepsy — Preventing Depression — Project UPLIFT
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It’s called Project UPLIFT (Using Practice and Learning to Increase Favorable Thoughts). And eureka! It doesn’t include meds…
What’s more, this new study has proven successful in the prevention of depression in people diagnosed with epilepsy…
Tags: coping, depression, Epilepsy, interventions, mindfulness, positive techniques, prevention, Project UPLIFT, reduce seizures, worry
Only Days Left to Make Epilepsy Awareness a Reality — Take Action!
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Only Days Left to Make Epilepsy Awareness a Reality — Take Action!
Please call, email, Facebook, tweet and/or visit Speaker Boehner and Representative Upton. We need to ensure that RAISE is passed by the end of the year.
With 107 cosponsors, House Resolution 298 (the RAISE Resolution) has come a long way, but this important legislation is only a few days away from “dying in committee”. The bill needs to be released from committee before it can be voted on and passed…
Tags: call, congress, email, epilepsy awareness, Facebook, important legislation, RAISE Resolution, Representative Upton, Speaker Boehner, tweet, visit
Three Things You Need To Know About The New Obamacare Rules
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) have outlined the new proposed rules, which instruct insurers, providers, and governmental institutions on how they must proceed in implementing Obamacare measures — ranging from a ban on discriminating against Americans with pre-existing medical conditions to public wellness initiatives such as coverage for employees’ gym use. Here are the three most important things you need to know about the new rules…
Forgive Me…
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If I was slow to answer your questions or queries, I’m very sorry. I never meant to let you down.
A Marriage Made in Heaven — The Epilepsy Foundation and epilepsy.com Unite!
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It’s official. The EFA and epilepsy.com are merging. And you can break out the wedding cake on January 1, 2013 to celebrate!
Once merged, the Epilepsy Therapy Project and the Epilepsy Foundation will focus scientific research and clinical medicine on the most important goal – new therapies, better control and a national call to action on behalf of everyone living with epilepsy…
Potiga — The First AED of Its Kind…
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The latest and greatest new med seems to be Potiga (Ezogabine) which is certainly promising news for the epilepsy community. Developed for adults (18 or over) as an add-on medicine for partial seizures, it’s a revolutionary new anti-seizure medication which prevents seizures in a way completely different from currently existing AEDs…
Tags: add-on, Epilepsy, new, partial seizures, Potiga, prevention, promising, reduces brain excitability, reduction
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