Parents Often Lose Sleep Over Child's Epilepsy, Study Finds 
MSN Health & Fitness
THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- Parents of young children with epilepsy often sleep in the same room or the same bed as their child to monitor their condition, but the bed-sharing may be interfering with restful sleep for both the parents and kids ...
Pediatric epilepsy impacts sleep for the child and parents EurekAlert (press release)

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Event fighting epilepsy more tuneful this year 
Chicago Sun-Times
BY ALISA M. ALEXANDER May 15, 2012 9:04PM On June 15, guests at this year's Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy fund-raiser will enjoy a musical evening with a legendary singer-songwriter. Carole King will serenade partygoers with chart-topping ...
Healthy Outlook: Run/walks to benefit epilepsy, kidney research Frederick News Post (subscription)

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Frenchay to become specialist epilepsy centre 
ITV News
Frenchay Hospital has been named as one of four national centres for helping children with epilepsy. The hospital already treats young patients with the condition, but from November it'll specialise in carrying out neurological surgery.

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Epileptic died after hospital fall 
Shields Gazette
AN epileptic suffered a suspected seizure and sustained 'catastrophic' head injuries minutes after being discharged from hospital, an inquest heard. Paul West had been taken to South Tyneside District Hospital on the morning of July 12 last year when ...

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Young girl who fought epilepsy asks for your help. 
Knuts Ford Times
Emily Loynton, who lives in Knutsford, was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was just eight-years-old but beat the condition within two years. Now Emily, who wants to help others, will be selling her own art at the exhibition and donating the funds to ...

 

David Cameron: I miss son Ivan every day but at least I do sometimes now feel ... 
Telegraph.co.uk
He also spoke about his son Ivan who had severe epilepsy and cerebral palsy and died aged six. "I am so sorry to hear of your loss. I miss my Ive every day, but at least I do sometimes now feel happy and not sad when I think of him," wrote Mr Cameron.

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Renewed hope for children with 'giggling seizures' as doctors see promising ... 
Daily Mail
By Daily Mail Reporter A new surgery is offering hope to children suffering from a rare form of epilepsy that causes uncontrollable and potentially fatal fits of laughter. Doctors at Texas Children's Hospital for the first time are using MRI-guided ...
New Surgery Offers Hope to Kids With Dangerous Giggling Seizures kvor

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Two Vernon Hills sisters with epilepsy work to help foundation 
Lake County News Sun
Abby and Rebecca are sisters with epilepsy and made hand-painted necklaces to raise money for epilepsy awareness. Photo by John Roszkowski Abby and Rebecca Golde are sisters who have epilepsy, a brain disorder that causes periodic seizures.

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Child epilepsy ops 'set to treble' 
MSN NZ News
The number of children receiving brain surgery for epilepsy is set to almost treble under plans for a major expansion of services across England. Operations to remove or modify part of the brain can help patients with a drug-resistant strain of the ...
Hospital set for special role in epilepsy surgery This is Bristol
Birmingham Children's Hospital to provide specialist epilepsy care ITV News
Epilepsy surgery 'has progressed in last 15 years' Epilepsy Research UK
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Predicting Success Rates for Epilepsy Drugs 
WebMD
By Salynn Boyles May 9, 2012 -- Half of all epilepsy patients who are initially started on one anti-seizure drug remain seizure-free for at least a year, a new study confirms. Among patients followed for as long as 26 years, initial response to drug ...
Anti-epilepsy drug phenobarbital stunts neuronal growth News-Medical.net

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