By Deron Hamel Rebekah Pregent has a knack for helping others and educating people about epilepsy whenever possible. It’s fitting that she’s studying to become a paramedic, a career that will enable her to put her passions to work. When applying for an Osler Epilepsy Scholarship this year, Rebekah was asked to write about a…
By Deron Hamel Eric Jose’s dream has been to enter the business world, and he has taken his first step towards achieving this as a student at the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University in Kingston. He also started experiencing absence seizures – which are seizures characterized by brief lapses in consciousness – at…
By Deron Hamel Bronwyn Clifton is gearing up to start classes in the concurrent education program at Queen’s University in September, an accomplishment she didn’t think was possible nine months ago after suffering her first tonic-clonic seizure. But Bronwyn has lived with epilepsy for 12 years and has always persevered, sometimes looking to others for…
By Deron Hamel TORONTO – Anyone who has taken the anti-seizure medication Primidone to control their epilepsy in the past three years should speak to their pharmacist to determine if their prescription has been affected by a recent recall, says Epilepsy Ontario board member Rahim Ismail. On April 6 manufacturer AA Pharma Inc. voluntarily recalled…
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