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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
Kid’s Medical Alert Jewelry That’s Functional And Fun
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Just as grown-ups are reluctant to wear Epilepsy ID bracelets – even though they know they’re important, if not essential – kids are even more resistant. They’re “ugly, they’re dorky, they single me out” and they sure aren’t exactly something they’re crazy about wearing.
Well, we’re about to shatter that myth. Because there’s plenty of kids medical alert jewelry that’s not only functional, it’s stylish and fun!
Tags: custom, emergency, Fun, functional, ID, kids, medical alert, personalized, safety
Top-Rated Seizure Monitors
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Peace of mind. A good night’s sleep. Safety and assurance.
Although these seizure monitors can’t make any guarantees, they can go a long way towards detecting danger. And maybe even saving a life.
Here are the most prominent models…
Tags: absence, adults, Apple SeizAlarm, Aremco, breathing, children, convulsive, delayed control, Emfit, Epilepsy, infants, infrared technology, jerking, Medpage, microphone, microprocessor, moisture, moisure sensors, monitors, MP5, nocturnal seizures, quick-paced movements, radio pagers, seizure, sensors, shaking, software, sounds, ST2, tonic-clonic, top rated, transmitter, UMP
Charlie Rose: The Brain Series
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Presented here is a roundtable of the finest minds in science, co-hosted by Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel. Together, Charlie Rose and Eric Kandel interview brain researchers, scientists and doctors, talking about different subjects of the brain. Among them are scientific discoveries, advances in technology and cutting-edge treatments.
However, these thirteen episodes, also go much deeper. They discuss perception, consciousness, free will, decision-making, cognition, creativity, morality, emotion and memory.
Tags: Charlie Rose, cognition, consciousness, creativity, cutting-edge, decision-making, discoveries, emotion, Eric Kandel, free will, memory, morality, neurology, perception, technology, treatment advances
2012 Most Recent Epilepsy Statistics
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These numbers may scare you, depress you, or stir you into action. Whatever your reaction, they’re inconvertibility true. From the Institute of Medicine, via the Epilepsy Therapy Project itself…
Driving Laws by State
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Every state regulates driver’s license eligibility of persons with certain medical conditions.
The most common requirement for people with epilepsy is that they be seizure free for a specific period of time and submit a physician’s evaluation of their ability to drive safely.
Another common requirement is the periodic submission of medical reports, in some states for a specified period of time and in others for as long as the person remains licensed…
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