1 in 100 around the world... living with epilepsy.
Fear, misunderstanding and discrimination often push many people with epilepsy ‘into the shadows’. Due to the overwhelming stigma concerning epilepsy, many people choose not to disclose that they are affected by epilepsy. Our goals are to...
- Advocate for people living with seizure disorders
- Provide support services and counseling
- Educate the public to eliminate stigma and dispel myth
"Our mission is to enhance the quality of life of people affected by seizure disorders through counselling and support services."
Mary Secco - Executive Director
This Week's Headlines
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Liver transplantation offers a good chance for survival for patients with drug induced acute liver failure, however, certain pre-transplant factors are associated with worse outcomes. Patients who are on life support, who have elevated serum creatinine, and children whose liver failure was caused by antiepileptic drugs did not fare as well after transplantation. These findings are in the July issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons.
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New pooled clinical data presented at the 28th International Epilepsy Congress (IEC) in Budapest, Hungary showed that VIMPAT® (lacosamide), a new antiepileptic drug (AED) with a novel mode of action,1,2 significantly improved seizure control, increased seizure freedom rates during the maintenance phase and enhanced quality of life and patient function, when used as adjunctive therapy in adult patients with uncontrolled partial-onset seizures.
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There are many ways to regain seizure control, and live a normal life as over 70% of people with epilepsy have found out.
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