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With school exams in full swing around the UK over the last month, many children could be finding this a stressful time. Stress and epilepsy are linked for many people and could be impacting children ...
Professional rugby union player Tommy Freeman is presenting Epilepsy Action’ BBC Radio 4 Appeal, airing today.
Researchers from Canada have connected air pollution with an increase in the risk of new-onset epilepsy in a new paper in Epilepsia.
Healthcare professionals with expertise in epilepsy can now access and prescribe cenobamate more easily, after NICE changed its guidance.
New medication for Dravet Syndrome, zorevunersen, is being trialled in the UK and the US with promising results ...
The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) has updated the way it classifies epileptic seizures in a new paper published in Epilepsia.
Are you ready for the fastest and flattest ever Bradford 10k? Who will beat our 12-year strong race record? With only 210 feet of elevation across the whole course, we are hoping to see lots of new ...
March’s Epilepsy Star award has been given to the year 10 teachers at Tanfield School, in Durham, for their brilliant support of Katy.
An open letter, signed by 108 charities, is calling out “fundamentally unfair” government rules leaving thousands of carers with huge debts.
Consultant neurosurgeon, Mr Jibril Osman Farah, answers our questions about laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT).
Barry Ahearn, 44, has just completed 27 half marathons in memory of his sister, Abbie, who passed away in 2023 after an epileptic seizure.
Epilepsy medication fenfluramine will be funded for NHS patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) from today (20 February 2025).