Hope of seizure freedom for those with drug-resistant epilepsy
A new study has raised hopes that people who live with long-term drug resistant epilepsy may still enjoy a period of seizure freedom in later life. And it has thrown a spotlight on the complex relationship between epilepsy and the ageing process, highlighting the need for more research.
Epilepsy Society needs you
Do you have experience of working in social care, or do you have lived experience of supporting someone with complex care needs? Maybe you have taken early retirement from care work or are thinking of a career supporting people with disabilities. If so, the Epilepsy Society would love to hear from you.
Could better building design help to reduce seizures?
Scientists at the Epilepsy Society are already looking at how climate change is affecting people with severe epilepsy. But now they are also trying to find out how a fluctuation in temperature inside the charity's residential care homes could also impact seizures.
#TheEnvironMentalIssue at COP26
During COP26, we launched EpiCC’s #TheEnvironMentalIssue, a living newspaper made from algae issued in partnership with The Herald (Scotland’s broadsheet newspaper). The issue was voted best campaign at the UN summit by PR Week UK.
Climate change and epilepsy: MP calls for funding
The Epilepsy Society were delighted that our local MP, Sarah Green, chose to mention the effects of climate change on people with epilepsy in her first ever question to the Prime Minister.
Green is the new purple
We feel passionately that human health should be higher on the climate change agenda. So as world leaders gather in Glasgow for COP26, we are taking the bold decision to turn our much-loved purple branding green.