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- Vitamins, Hormones and Amino Acids (2)
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- Women and Epilepsy (4)
Posts per category
Activities
- Don’t let epilepsy eclipse your passions: Lia Turner - Comments (2)
- Advocates encouraged by gov’t response to Epilepsy Awareness Month - Comments (0)
- KPMG hosting lunch-and-learn to raise epilepsy awareness - Comments (2)
- Agencies gearing up for Epilepsy Awareness Month - Comments (0)
Advocacy
- Parent of children with epilepsy highlights importance of having an understanding employer - Comments (0)
- Advocates encouraged by gov’t response to Epilepsy Awareness Month - Comments (0)
- KPMG hosting lunch-and-learn to raise epilepsy awareness - Comments (2)
- Video helping law enforcement assess seizure disorders slated to be ready for Purple Day - Comments (2)
All About Seizures
- Finding your right epilepsy medication can be trial and error - Comments (0)
- Strong doctor relationships help ease Pamela-Anne Kinney off meds - Comments (2)
- Unable to get clobazam? Work with your doctor, pharmacist - Comments (0)
- Video helping law enforcement assess seizure disorders slated to be ready for Purple Day - Comments (2)
Anti-Convulsant
- Finding your right epilepsy medication can be trial and error - Comments (0)
- Alternative drug therapy, close physician contact recommended during clobazam shortage - Comments (0)
- Phenobarbital - Comments (0)
Anti-Seizure
- Finding your right epilepsy medication can be trial and error - Comments (0)
- Alternative drug therapy, close physician contact recommended during clobazam shortage - Comments (0)
Common Seizure Types
- Startle Epilepsy - Comments (0)
- Simple Partial Seizures - Comments (0)
- Secondarily Generalized Seizures - Comments (0)
- Nocturnal Seizures - Comments (0)
Diagnosing Epilepsy
- Mother’s advocacy for sons aided by Epilepsy Ontario webinars - Comments (0)
- Finding your right epilepsy medication can be trial and error - Comments (0)
- EpLink study focusing on improving children’s working memory - Comments (0)
- Sign up now for Summerfest, a great experience for kids with epilepsy - Comments (0)
Donate and Support
- Mother’s advocacy for sons aided by Epilepsy Ontario webinars - Comments (0)
- Advocates encouraged by gov’t response to Epilepsy Awareness Month - Comments (0)
- Unable to get clobazam? Work with your doctor, pharmacist - Comments (0)
- 2012 a successful year for epilepsy advocacy - Comments (1)
Epilepsy Advocacy and Human Rights
- Epilepsy Ontario donations are gifts that keep on giving - Comments (0)
- Community support Epilepsy Durham Region’s greatest success: executive director - Comments (0)
- Pheonobarbitol Shortage Due to Recall, December 9, 2009 - Comments (0)
- Pfizer to pay $142M in court decision on Neurotin - Comments (0)
Epilepsy and Employment
- Parent of children with epilepsy highlights importance of having an understanding employer - Comments (0)
- The Employee with Epilepsy - Comments (0)
- Disclosure - Comments (0)
- Employees’ Guide to Epilepsy in the Workplace - Comments (0)
Epilepsy and the Law
- Video helping law enforcement assess seizure disorders slated to be ready for Purple Day - Comments (2)
- Do you know your rights? - Comments (0)
- Employees’ Guide to Epilepsy in the Workplace - Comments (0)
Epilepsy Awareness
- Mother’s advocacy for sons aided by Epilepsy Ontario webinars - Comments (0)
- Advocates encouraged by gov’t response to Epilepsy Awareness Month - Comments (0)
- Unable to get clobazam? Work with your doctor, pharmacist - Comments (0)
- 2012 a successful year for epilepsy advocacy - Comments (1)
Epilepsy in Adults
- Finding your right epilepsy medication can be trial and error - Comments (0)
- EpLink study focusing on improving children’s working memory - Comments (0)
- How surgery to address epilepsy changed Daniel Horvath’s life - Comments (0)
- Unable to get clobazam? Work with your doctor, pharmacist - Comments (0)
Epilepsy in Children
- Mother’s advocacy for sons aided by Epilepsy Ontario webinars - Comments (0)
- Finding your right epilepsy medication can be trial and error - Comments (0)
- EpLink study focusing on improving children’s working memory - Comments (0)
- Sign up now for Summerfest, a great experience for kids with epilepsy - Comments (0)
Epilepsy Ontario
- Parent of children with epilepsy highlights importance of having an understanding employer - Comments (0)
- Mother’s advocacy for sons aided by Epilepsy Ontario webinars - Comments (0)
- MEDICATION ALERT: Shortage of APO-Gabapentin (600 mg tablets) - Comments (0)
- Finding your right epilepsy medication can be trial and error - Comments (0)
Events
- Advocates encouraged by gov’t response to Epilepsy Awareness Month - Comments (0)
- KPMG hosting lunch-and-learn to raise epilepsy awareness - Comments (2)
- Sign up now for Summerfest, a great experience for kids with epilepsy - Comments (0)
- 3rd Epilepsy Family Education Day Hosted by SickKids - Comments (0)
First Aid
- Webinars train teachers how to spot, respond to seizures in classroom - Comments (0)
- First Aid for Tonic Clonic Seizures - Comments (0)
- When calling for help - Comments (0)
- Emergency Signs - Comments (0)
Information
- Mother’s advocacy for sons aided by Epilepsy Ontario webinars - Comments (0)
- MEDICATION ALERT: Shortage of APO-Gabapentin (600 mg tablets) - Comments (0)
- Finding your right epilepsy medication can be trial and error - Comments (0)
- Strong doctor relationships help ease Pamela-Anne Kinney off meds - Comments (2)
Living with Epilepsy
- Parent of children with epilepsy highlights importance of having an understanding employer - Comments (0)
- Mother’s advocacy for sons aided by Epilepsy Ontario webinars - Comments (0)
- Finding your right epilepsy medication can be trial and error - Comments (0)
- Horse rider’s determination trumps epilepsy, says stable owner - Comments (0)
Medical Information
- MEDICATION ALERT: Shortage of APO-Gabapentin (600 mg tablets) - Comments (0)
- Finding your right epilepsy medication can be trial and error - Comments (0)
- Strong doctor relationships help ease Pamela-Anne Kinney off meds - Comments (2)
- EpLink study focusing on improving children’s working memory - Comments (0)
OBCL
- OBCL funds its first Epilepsy Scholarship Awards - Comments (0)
Other Treatments (Alternative)
- EpLink study focusing on improving children’s working memory - Comments (0)
- Stones, Bracelets, and Amulets - Comments (0)
- Enzyme Therapy - Comments (0)
- Homeopathy - Comments (0)
Resources
- Finding your right epilepsy medication can be trial and error - Comments (0)
- Conference an opportunity to share Cdn survey findings, learn about latest research - Comments (0)
- Video helping law enforcement assess seizure disorders slated to be ready for Purple Day - Comments (2)
- Task force to create international epilepsy guidelines established - Comments (0)
Safety Products
- Seizure Monitors and Alarms - Comments (0)
Seizure Related Conditions/Syndromes
- Bottom lines should not trump people: Anne Currie - Comments (0)
- Tonic Seizures - Comments (0)
- Secondarily Generalized Seizures - Comments (0)
- Psychogenic Seizures - Comments (0)
Seizures in Children
- OBI-funded research projects progressing well - Comments (0)
- SickKids helping kids with epilepsy excel academically, socially - Comments (0)
- Webinars train teachers how to spot, respond to seizures in classroom - Comments (0)
- Epilepsy strategy creates ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ - Comments (0)
Seizures in Youth & Adults
- OBI-funded research projects progressing well - Comments (0)
- SickKids helping kids with epilepsy excel academically, socially - Comments (0)
- Epilepsy strategy creates ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ - Comments (0)
- Latest SUDEP info available online - Comments (0)
Supporting Agencies (Canada & Ontario)
- Mother’s advocacy for sons aided by Epilepsy Ontario webinars - Comments (0)
- Finding your right epilepsy medication can be trial and error - Comments (0)
- EpLink study focusing on improving children’s working memory - Comments (0)
- $100-million OBI funding will help position Ontario as brain-research leader: Stuss - Comments (1)
Supporting Agencies (International)
- Conference an opportunity to share Cdn survey findings, learn about latest research - Comments (0)
- Task force to create international epilepsy guidelines established - Comments (0)
- Epilepsy Organizations around the World - Comments (1)
Treatment (Non-Pharmaceutical)
- How surgery to address epilepsy changed Daniel Horvath’s life - Comments (0)
- Informative VNS webinar Sept. 21 - Comments (0)
- Epilepsy community encouraged to show support for proposed provincial strategy - Comments (0)
- Bottom lines should not trump people: Anne Currie - Comments (0)
Treatment (Pharmaceutical)
- Finding your right epilepsy medication can be trial and error - Comments (0)
- Client-pharmacist relationship crucial for those with complex disorders during clobazam shortage - Comments (0)
- Alternative drug therapy, close physician contact recommended during clobazam shortage - Comments (0)
- Unable to get clobazam? Work with your doctor, pharmacist - Comments (0)
Types of Seizures
- Finding your right epilepsy medication can be trial and error - Comments (0)
- OBI-funded research projects progressing well - Comments (0)
- SickKids helping kids with epilepsy excel academically, socially - Comments (0)
- Webinars train teachers how to spot, respond to seizures in classroom - Comments (0)
Uncategorized
- Parent of children with epilepsy highlights importance of having an understanding employer - Comments (0)
- Mother’s advocacy for sons aided by Epilepsy Ontario webinars - Comments (0)
- MEDICATION ALERT: Shortage of APO-Gabapentin (600 mg tablets) - Comments (0)
- Finding your right epilepsy medication can be trial and error - Comments (0)
Vitamins, Hormones and Amino Acids
- Carnitine (Carnitor or Vitamin B13) - Comments (0)
- Pyridoxine Hydrochloride - Comments (1)
Voices of Epilepsy
- Parent of children with epilepsy highlights importance of having an understanding employer - Comments (0)
- Mother’s advocacy for sons aided by Epilepsy Ontario webinars - Comments (0)
- MEDICATION ALERT: Shortage of APO-Gabapentin (600 mg tablets) - Comments (0)
- Finding your right epilepsy medication can be trial and error - Comments (0)
Women and Epilepsy
- Horse rider’s determination trumps epilepsy, says stable owner - Comments (0)
- Strong doctor relationships help ease Pamela-Anne Kinney off meds - Comments (2)
- Freelance writer proving career goals can overcome epilepsy - Comments (0)
- Advocate puts a face to the need for epilepsy strategy - Comments (0)



