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Mayo Clinic Q and A: Advances in care for medication-resistant epilepsy

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My son is in his 20s and has had epilepsy for years. He had undergone extensive evaluation over a decade ago. Lately, his medication hasn't been effectively preventing seizures. What are some of the innovations available to provide him the chance of seizure freedom and improve his…

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Perth toddler who suffered hour-long seizure reunites with paramedics who rushed her to hospital

Young Penney McKain has Dravet Syndrome - a rare form of intractable epilepsy that begins in infancy - and aged just 15 months she experienced severe convulsions

Daily Record

Baby who may not make it to first birthday without lifesaving operation has procedure delayed

Zachary was born with a rare heart condition that requires life-changing surgery

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The courageous Newcastle boy, three, who cannot walk or talk and suffers 15 seizures a day

Paddy Holliday suffers from a rare form of epilepsy that at one point saw him suffering up to 50 seizures a day

Chronicle Live

Grateful family of boy with severe epilepsy meet mum who helped get him vital medication

Campaigner mum Charlotte Caldwell has managed to get free cannabis oils for Harry - with his parents previously paying £1,500 a month for the life-saving product

Daily Mirror

Doctors promised her seizures couldn’t kill her. They were wrong

Helen Leigh was diagnosed with Non-Epileptic Attack Disorder in 2016, having previously been diagnosed with epilepsy

The Independent UK

Mother’s plea after daughter dies from condition ‘she could not die from’

Helen Leigh was diagnosed with Non-Epileptic Attack Disorder in 2016, having previously been diagnosed with epilepsy.

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New Research Reveals Why CBD Is Such An Effective Treatment For Seizure Disorders

CBD has shown remarkable efficacy in treating seizure disorders. Now we know why this might be.

Inverse

Farmer jailed after police find huge cannabis crop

A Victorian man who was growing cannabis to treat his wife's epilepsy has been jailed after police found more than 60kg of plants at his property.

AAP

Man, 28, suffered four seizures a night before he died suddenly

Jonathon Brennan was "determined" to beat his condition

Liverpool Echo

Scotland's most vulnerable people left unable to afford life-saving medicine amid cost of living crisis

One man with diabetes and epilepsy couldn’t afford to top up his meter so was left with no electricity and had to throw out the insulin in his fridge.

Daily Record

Oxford study to trial cannabis-based medicine as treatment for psychosis

CBD is currently only prescribed for a small number of conditions such as rare, severe epilepsy

The Guardian - UK

Use of cannabis chemical as psychosis treatment being investigated

CBD is currently only prescribed by the NHS for a few conditions such as epilepsy

Wales Online

Cannabis user had drug in Newark 'because it helps him control his epilepsy'

Terrence White was told in court his reasons were convincing

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Daily Mirror

Woman who appears constantly 'drunk' says condition has 'destroyed' her life

Emilyjane Vernau, 27, says she was stripped of her career and now has her parents care for her due to her struggles with epilepsy

WEKU

Lasers, robots, and tiny electrodes are transforming treatment of severe epilepsy

For people with drug-resistant epilepsy, surgery used to be seen as a last resort. Now it's often the treatment of choice.

Tribune News Service

Mayo Clinic Minute: A surgery option when epilepsy treatments don't work

For people living with epilepsy who have tried various epilepsy treatments to control their seizures with little success, there is another option. It's a surgery called resection of an epileptic focus, or resective surgery — where surgeons remove or disconnect the area in the brain that is no longer properly…

Liverpool Echo

Parents 'lost' after teen died suddenly from 'silent killer'

Fay died suddenly just months after her 18th birthday

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'People thought I was lazy and away with the fairies but really I had Epilepsy'

Becci Smart wants people to know that debilitating condition Epilepsy is more than just having seizures

The National (Scotland)

Scotland’s first survey seeks to understand the mental health effect of epilepsy

A CHARITY has today launched Scotland’s first-ever national survey seeking to understand the effect epilepsy can have on the mental health of…

Glasgow Live

Dumbarton man with epilepsy who has daily seizures ruled 'fit to work' by DWP

Ryan Connelly, 47, said his deteriorating condition has made it impossible for him to maintain his job, while the DWP has assessed him as having limited capability to work.

Daily Record

Scot who takes daily epileptic fits deemed 'fit to work' by DWP

He claims the decision has also seen him receive lower benefits than he should have, causing him to mount up over £2500 of debt.

The Independent UK

Woman diagnosed with epilepsy actually had rare cancer

Nicola Clark, 45, was wrongly diagnosed with epilepsy in 2010 after she started suffering absence seizures

Glasgow Live

Glasgow artist who underwent 'daunting' epilepsy brain surgery says it has changed her life

Helen Butler, 42, donated paintings to the neurology department at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital after undergoing the brain surgery that changed her life.

Nottingham Post

DWP PIP: Medical conditions that may make you eligible including Epilepsy and Alzheimer's

Personal Independence Payment is a benefit that is gradually replacing Disability Living Allowance

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