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Kanye West video may cause epileptic seizures, warns UK charity

23 February, 2011

People with photosensitive epilepsy should not watch the music video for Kanye West’s latest single, All of the Lights, a UK charity has warned. Epilepsy Action is informing its members that the extensive use of flashing imagery in the video could cause seizures in some people.

Epilepsy affects around 456,000 people in the UK.  As many as five per cent of people with epilepsy could have photosensitive epilepsy, which means their seizures are triggered by flashing or flickering light. Seizures can cause injury and can, in the worst cases, be fatal.

Celebrity scribbles benefit epilepsy charity

1 February, 2011

Hundreds of celebrities will be showing their artistic side for charity as part of this year's National Doodle Day. Doodles by celebrities including Fearne Cotton, Joanna Lumley, Sir Michael Parkinson, Sir Ben Kingsley, Rick Astley, Vic Reeves, Tim Henman, and Gino D’Acampo will be auctioned on eBay from Friday 11 February. The auction will raise money for national charity Epilepsy Action. 

Epilepsy charity stops time!

13 January, 2011

Epilepsy Action, the UK’s largest member-led epilepsy organisation, has archived a time capsule at the Royal Society of Medicine as part of its Diamond Jubilee activities. 

The time capsule has been created for future Epilepsy Action staff to open in 2050, the charity’s 100th anniversary. It provides a snapshot of what life is like for the charity and its members in 2010. It reflects such things as stigma, public attitudes, the state of medical epilepsy knowledge, and aspirations for the future.

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