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    Children With Epilepsy Say Their Quality Of Life Is Better Than Their Parents Think

    Children with epilepsy often face multiple challenges - not only seizures but learning, cognitive and school difficulties, side effects from medication, and, not surprisingly, social stigma from their peers. It's no wonder parents say their children with epilepsy have a substantially worse...
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    UF Researchers Get 250,000 Dollars To Study Cell-Based Epilepsy Treatment

    University of Florida researchers will receive $250,000 to study an inventive cell-transfer therapy to treat cortical dysplasia, a condition where the brain develops abnormally before birth, causing severe epilepsy in children and adults. Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy, also known as...
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    Children With Epilepsy Say Their Quality Of Life Is Better Than Their Parents Think I

    Children with epilepsy and their parents have different perspectives of the impact of their illness on the child. Assessing quality of life is important for measuring endpoints in clinical trials of new therapies in children, particularly those with epilepsy, a common chronic neurological...
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    Children With Epilepsy Say Their Quality Of Life Is Better Than Their Parents Think I

    Children with epilepsy and their parents have different perspectives of the impact of their illness on the child. Assessing quality of life is important for measuring endpoints in clinical trials of new therapies in children, particularly those with epilepsy, a common chronic neurological...
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    Children With Epilepsy Say Their Quality Of Life Is Better Than Their Parents Think I

    Children with epilepsy and their parents have different perspectives of the impact of their illness on the child. Assessing quality of life is important for measuring endpoints in clinical trials of new therapies in children, particularly those with epilepsy, a common chronic neurological...
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    Neil Young - About his Epilepsy?

    I know he developed it after refusal to take medication. I found out about it recently and I'm curious, but I can't seem to find much about it. Anyone know anything about it?
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    My 2years son suffering epilepsy, is there any treatment to be he cure? i

    want to know absolute treatment? His age 2years , can his early age any chance for treatment to be he become out of this?
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    My 2years son suffering epilepsy, is there any treatment to be he cure? i

    want to know absolute treatment? His age 2years , can his early age any chance for treatment to be he become out of this?
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    My 2years son suffering epilepsy, is there any treatment to be he cure? i

    want to know absolute treatment? His age 2years , can his early age any chance for treatment to be he become out of this?
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    My 2years son suffering epilepsy, is there any treatment to be he cure? i

    want to know absolute treatment? His age 2years , can his early age any chance for treatment to be he become out of this?
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    Epilepsy Patients Caught In Treatment Gap And Not Getting State-of-the-Art Care

    Substantial progress has been made over the last 15 years in the healthcare community's ability to diagnose and treat epilepsy and its complications. Yet this progress in epilepsy management has not reached most of the 50 million people around the world, including many of the nearly three...
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    Epilepsy Patients Caught In Treatment Gap And Not Getting State-of-the-Art Care

    Substantial progress has been made over the last 15 years in the healthcare community's ability to diagnose and treat epilepsy and its complications. Yet this progress in epilepsy management has not reached most of the 50 million people around the world, including many of the nearly three...
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    Research Sheds New Light On Epilepsy

    Pioneering research using human brain tissue removed from people suffering from epilepsy has opened the door to new treatments for the disease. Scientists at Newcastle University have for the first time been able to record spontaneous epileptic activity in brain tissue that has been removed...
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    How to handle future fiance with epilepsy?

    I am about to get engaged and my fiance has epilepsy, I just recently witnessed her having the first seizure she has had in front of me and it was so hard to witness. I know others have told me if i love her i will deal with it, which i will but i was just curious if anyone has been in this same...
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    Do certain types of alcohol effect epilepsy more than others?

    I grew out of epilepsy, but recently after having 4 vodka cruisers and 2 shots of baileys, which caused me to have 3 seizures in the morning. On other occasions i've managed to have over 20 different types of drinks in one night, and had no seizures. Anyone know what the hell is going on?
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    I have Myclonic Epilepsy, will this effect my career plans?

    Are there any rules or laws that would keep me from becoming a dentist? Im about to attend school full time to pursue a career as a dentist but i was recently diagnosed with mild myclonic epilepsy and i dont take any medication for it because of the suicidal warning for them and my doctor said...
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