A review of 11 anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) has found that there is a very small increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviour in people who take these drugs.
Less than half of patients with active epilepsy in the United States
are informed by their doctors about treatment options, according to a
survey by the American Epilepsy Society and the Epilepsy Foundation.
Asking people who have partial seizures how often they have seizures
does not appear to provide an accurate count, according to a report in
the journal Archives of Neurology.
A new guideline developed by the American Academy of Neurology recommends immediate brain computerised tomography (CT) scans to screen certain patients with seizures in a hospital accident and emergency department.
Epilepsy Action has been approached by a documentary production company who are developing a film for Channel 4 focussing on young carers in the UK. The company are looking to work with children aged 9-14 years who are just about the only carer for another family member with epilepsy.
Welcome to our new Epilepsy Action monthly media blog. It would be impossible to report on all our media coverage (you’ll see why if you visit our press releases page). I want to give you a snapshot of just some of the work we have been involved with to help raise awareness of epilepsy in the media - in the press, on the radio, online and on the television.
