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Epilepsy in Adults

Epilepsy guidelines should enhance care, empower patients: neurologist

April 9, 2015

By Deron Hamel Dr. Carter Snead says the best possible long-term result from new provincial epilepsy-care guidelines would be for primary-care physicians, neurologists and patients to use the standards to enhance care of Ontarians with seizure disorders. The Provincial Guidelines for the Management of Epilepsy in Adults and Children creates a framework for general practitioners…

New clinical guidelines expected to help patients get the right care for epilepsy

April 2, 2015

By Deron Hamel A prominent Toronto neurologist says the recent establishment of the Provincial Guidelines for the Management of Epilepsy in Adults and Children is an important step forward in creating consistent epilepsy care in Ontario. Dr. Carter Snead, a neurologist at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), says the greatest overall changes he hopes…

People living with neurological conditions to speak at ‘inspirational’ event

March 11, 2015

The Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) is hosting a free public talk in Toronto March 24 that will see three people living with neurological conditions share their inspirational stories of the challenges they’ve faced and how they’ve overcome obstacles. One of the speakers is epilepsy awareness advocate Whitney Goulstone, a Toronto woman living with epilepsy who…

Support from OPP helps Sgt. Rob Jamieson continue the career he loves

March 5, 2015

By Deron Hamel Next to his family, there’s nothing Rob Jamieson says he loves more than his career in law enforcement. A sergeant with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), he has always given a 100-per-cent effort to the organization he serves and to his colleagues. And after he suffered his first two seizures in November…