A study aimed at improving children’s working memory with a computer-based training program is being cited as one of the major highlights of EpLink, an epilepsy research program established by the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI). EpLink co-director Dr. McIntyre Burnham says the study, which is led by Dr. Elizabeth Kerr, a clinical neuropsychologist at Toronto’s…
Seizure-free now for 10 years, Daniel Horvath knows first-hand the difference brain surgery can make in the life of a person living with epilepsy. Horvath has not had a seizure since undergoing an operation at the University of Western Ontario’s epilepsy clinic at London Health Sciences Centre to remove scar tissue from his brain in…
If people who take clobazam to control their seizure disorder are unable to obtain the medication, they need to be working with their doctor and pharmacist to develop an alternative drug-therapy program. This is the message Karen Sullivan, Shoppers Drug Mart’s director of pharmacy professional affairs for Western Canada, recently shared with the Voices of…
Progress is being made in several epilepsy research projects launched earlier this year to discover new treatments and therapies for people affected by the neurological disorder. Scientists involved in these projects, which include research into new medications, breakthrough diets and brain stimulation, among others, gathered in Hamilton this past weekend to share updates on their…
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