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Epilepsy Professional
How was it for you? Digital storytelling and epilepsy
Helen Lane, Rhys Thomas and Rose Thompson describe a project that uses digital storytelling to collect patient – and professional – experiences of epilepsy.
Imagine the following. You are out in town with a friend, shopping, when you black out. You wake up in the back of an ambulance, being taken to hospital. By the time you get there you feel fine – if a bit tired – and you go home. A few weeks later it happens again, at home. You go to your GP to talk about these blackouts.
Paediatric surgery: an early option
A new national epilepsy surgery service for children
Chris Verity outlines the aims of the new Children’s Epilepsy Surgery Service for England – four centres of excellence designed to improve the treatment of paediatric epilepsy
The lives of some children with severe epilepsy can be dramatically improved by neurosurgery. Earlier this year, it was announced that the new Children’s Epilepsy Surgery Service (CESS) for England would start its work in November. This work is very important to families that are struggling with the problem of childhood seizures that do not to respond to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs).
Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation - A new non-invasive treatment for epilepsy and depression
Andrew Ekchian, Ian Cook and colleagues describe the new external Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation treatment for epilepsy and depression – a noninvasive stimulation therapy showing impressive study results.
And much more in the December 2012 issue of Epilepsy Professional
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