Epilepsy Review
Epilepsy Review is our magazine for everyone affected by epilepsy and includes features, articles and news on epilepsy. You can read extracts from some of the features below. (See extracts).
Epilepsy Review is free if you join one of our associate membership schemes or we offer an annual subscription option or an online membership. Associate membership will also give you access to our members website and information on epilepsy as well as priority booking for conferences and seminars.
Extracts from Epilepsy Review
Articles from the latest issue of Epilepsy Review.
Deciding to tell someone about your epilepsy can be difficult. Epilepsy Society's Jenny Rush asks who do people choose to open up to and why.
Living with epilepsy often means living with recurrent dental injuries or oral side effects from medication. We investigate some of the issues surrounding seizures and teeth and dental expert Dr Guy Hollis gives his top tips for dental healthcare.
For those whose seizures are well controlled, safety in the home may be no more of an issue than for anyone else. But when seizures are a regular occurrence it can be wise to consider extra safety measures that will minimise risks around the home.
The language of seizures
Could the language a person uses to describe their seizures help determine whether they are experiencing an epileptic or a non-epileptic attack? Dr Markus Reuber explains how careful analysis of conversation could hold the key to better diagnosis.
The ultimate gift
Choosing to donate your brain for research could help scientists advance their understanding of the causes of epilepsy and the way individuals respond to different medications. Professor Sanjay Sisodiya discusses the importance of brain donation.
Equality Act 2010 - know your rights
Many people with epilepsy complain of being harrassed or discriminated against at work, in education or even when just popping to the shops. Angie King explains how the Equality Act 2010 protects you from discrimination.
Editor's choice
Read a review of Dr Sallie Baxendale's new book Epilepsy: Complementary and alternative treatments. Dr Baxendale is a consultant clinical neuropsychologist at Epilepsy Society and here she gives objective scientific evidence for and against some of the most popular complementary treatments for epilepsy. Buy the book at Amazon via www.epilepsysociety.org.uk/fundraiseforfree and five per cent of the total sale will go to Epilepsy Society.
Tonic comic
Laughter is the best medicine with Tonic comic Juliet Stephens. In this edition she describes how one upmanship can work in reverse when vying with friends over whose epilepsy is worse.
