News archive 2009

News

• Ordinary residence extraordinary mess
• Artist raises awareness during epilepsy week
• Epilepsy volunteer speaks out about stigma
• Epilepsy data system may lead to better treatments
• Corrie story tackles epilepsy
• Understanding your medication
• Corrie stars thank Epilepsy Society
• New device to predict seizures
• Epilepsy drug link to skin and eye problems
• Call for charities to work together to challenge stigma
• Epilepsy Society's chief executive retires
• Drug trial for tuberous sclerosis
• Epilepsy gene discovery welcomed
• Report raises concerns about benefits assessment
• Hope for new epilepsy drugs
• Lil Wayne blames seizures on stress
• Epilepsy and malaria
• Light therapy for people with epilepsy
• Peer support could help combat epilepsy stigma
• Charities call for end to 'haphazard' neurology services
• New driving regulations for epilepsy
• Epilepsy exhibition at National Portrait Gallery
• Research centre declared open
• New NICE standards for epilepsy
• New research centre to open
• Understanding Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
• Mums urged to join epilepsy register
• Prince Charles meets girl with epilepsy
• Carers need help
• River island awareness raising campaign
• GPs report decline in childhood epilepsy
• New report links epilepsy drug to autism risk
• Fibre-optic light signals research
• MPs debate epilepsy
• Unexpected disability benefit changes
• ATOS under attack by MPs in Commons debate
• Vote for epilepsy specialist nurse
• Teachers fears over epilepsy drugs
• Genetic link between epilepsy and migraine
• Plumber protein found in brain
• Chilled brain and epilepsy
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• Speak out for transport and disabled people
• MP challenges government on epilepsy
• Fasting and the ketogenic diet
• Personal Independence Payments (PIP)
• New 'super nurse' project announced
• Join our bus campaign
• Worry over epilepsy drug substitution
• Treatment to mimic ketogenic diet
• Epilepsy on Government agenda
• Warning on online alternative therapies
• Epilepsy Society backs campaign
• Three cheers for three Hollywood celebs!
• Cautious welcome to epilepsy patch
• Febrile seizures and epilepsy
• Ask your pharmacist
• Seizures and sunlight
• Genes linked to rare epilepsy
• Flu jab and epilepsy
• Epilepsy and whooping cough vaccination
• Hardest hit at tipping point
• Epilepsy app in European Directory
• Fruit flies help epilepsy research
• Epilepsy charter helps people know rights
• 10th European Congress on Epileptology
• Annual review shortlisted for award
• Epilepsy postcode lottery for children
• Helpline takes evening calls
• Epilepsy Society appoints to strategic new post
• Perampanel launched in UK
• Cautious welcome for new cannabis research
• Ride London cyclist?
• MEG and MRI to map the brain
• Letter supporting right to same medication
• Epilepsy Society results buck trend
• Dai is fourth in relay
• Epilepsy drug offers new hope for dementia patients
• No medal for Dai but he’s still a champion
• Neurology network is good news for epilepsy
• Charities seek to safeguard disability benefits
• Epilepsy Society social worker vodcast
• Epilepsy story for TV's Neighbours
• New epilepsy gene found
• New AED perampanel approved
• Check epilepsy medication expiry date
• Carers not taking holidays
• Charities working together
• Health records in the future
• Turning scrap cars into cash
• Big disability benefits survey
• Dai Greene heads GB team
• Health secretary backs bill
• Fracture risk from AEDs
• MP calls for better education
• New neurology network?
• Bill to end postcode lottery
• app helps save life
• Epilepsy carers neglect own health
• Helpline awarded quality standard
• Hope for people with JME
• Queen of giving
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• Finding the right GP
• Patient power over AEDs
• National Volunteering Week
• Epilepsy 'miracle' diet
• MP in tears over epilepsy
• MP quizzes health secretary
• Freemasons fund research
• More surgery for children
• 'Hopes for the future' time capsule
• Predicting success rates for AEDs
• Wristband to predict seizures
• Simone is a superstar
• New epilepsy drug offers hope
• Epilepsy Society - 120 years
• New febrile seizures research
• MP joins Epilepsy Society
• Epilepsy gene in dogs
• Rough ride for bus passenger
• Epilepsy Review award
• Neurological alliance
• Extended helpline hours
• Epilepsy Review up for award
• Variations in children's epilepsy care
• Support purple day
• DOH grant targets epilepsy
• Calling all would be skydivers
• Needs of carers are being underestimated says charity
• Prime Minister marks our 120th year
• Crisis in neurological care
• Epilepsy charities announce collaboration
• NICE gives doctors new advice on prescribing epilepsy drugs
• Make Health Bill better for patients
• Professor John Duncan appointed clinical director of NHNN
• New operation brings hope
• Susan Boyle
• Carrying torch for epilepsy
• Lansley's health indicators
• Mobility allowance triumph
• SUDEP Westminster debate
• 'Twilight' film seizure warning
• Doctors barred from prescribing epilepsy drug Retigabine
• SUDEP podcast
• MP commits on epilepsy services
• Epilepsy flu warning
• Education and epilepsy
• Grant to study SUDEP
• Mobility allowance review
• Singing out for epilepsy
• Epilepsy research grant
• 10 years of safer TV
• Epilepsy review outcome
• Epilepsy is US health priority
• PM tackles epilepsy
• Premature baby risk
• Big Ben chimes welcome note
• Fake drugs warning
• New residential home
• Zinc and Epilepsy
• Epilepsy declaration approved
• BMA commends Epilepsy Society
• Emergency drug approved
• Reducing epilepsy birth defects
• IBE survey results
• Nurofen Plus recalled
• Confronting SUDEP
• NICE conducts survey
• Fit to work controversy
• New epilepsy drug added to NHS treatment options
• Epilepsy drug Vimpat recalled
• Epilepsy patient review update
• Epilepsy patient review
• IBE celebrates birthday
• Lobby your MEP to improve treatment for people with Epilepsy
• New research no cause for panic
• Prime Minister's Questions
• New drug could help people with epilepsy, says NICE guidance
• Carers Week 2011
• Epilepsy Society on BBC News website
• Epilepsy Society launches new bursary scheme for epilepsy care course
• Guardian epilepsy supplement
• ITV's 'Monroe' features epilepsy storyline
• Have your say on new driving regulations
• Charity Flowers for Mother's Day
• Reaction to drug linked to genetic variant
• Epilepsy Society to feature on BBC Radio 4 Case Notes
• Introducing Epilepsy Society
• Generic drugs campaign update
• Threats to cut epilepsy treatment
• Changes to driving regulations
• Epilepsy Society and Channel 4's The Promise
• Chopin probably had epilepsy
• Epilepsy Society volunteer celebrates degree
• Legal case against epilim makers dropped
• Health and Social Care Bill
• Jubilee Photo Competition
• Points of View on epilepsy
• Watch our first ever epilepsy champion, on BBC's Inside Out
• Medical director allays pregnancy fears
• DLA cuts to mobility allowance
• 10 Minute Rule Bill
• Epanutin shortage
• DLA cuts to mobility allowance
• Epilepsy charity responds to latest reports on medication during pregnancy
• Save millions by preventing unnecessary seizures says NSE
• VODG calls for action on NIMBYist LAs
• No plans to implement generic substitution
• Caught in a trap - Society Guardian
• MP Paul Maynard calls for fair play for epilepsy
• Seizure medications can be safely withdrawn from children with epilepsy
• Epilepsy drug ups autism risk in unborn
• New study to launch into epilepsy and depression in primary care
• NSE statement on anti virals
• Nik Powell speaks out about epilepsy
• Rabbi Lionel Blue recommends new book on epilepsy
• New book highlights the impact of severe epilepsy
• Author of epilepsy book interviewed on Radio 4
• Epilepsy no bar to exam success for Ailisha
• NSE Statement on ‘green’ light bulbs
• Kitesurfers ride the waves for NSE
• Changes to the DVLA driving regulations
• Sky News reports on generic prescription drugs
• NSE statement on swine flu and epilepsy
• Department of Health news on disability benefits
• New anti-epileptic drug launched in UK
• Dancer to have seizure on stage
• Health minister will consult nurses about frontline epilepsy services
• Dancer seizure risks
• Dangerous myths about epilepsy exposed
• Gingko biloba's epilepsy seizures warning
• NSE statement on TV hospital drama treatment of epilepsy
• Yellow Card Scheme alert
• Pharmacists must take extra care when dispensing generic medicine
• NSE comments on foetal alcohol spectrum disorder link with epilepsy
• Children with epilepsy say their quality of life is better than their parents think
• NSE statement on new medical assessments for Disability Living Allowance
• Anti-malarial drug information for people with epilepsy
• How will the NHS shake up affect people with epilepsy?
• Listen to Radio 4 programme on medical conditions in schools