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Advances made against epilepsy

...feeling," a warning some people with epilepsy have that a seizure is imminent -- one...helpless," says Jeanne Carpenter of the Epilepsy Foundation, a Washington lawyer who controls her epilepsy by taking medication three times a day...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2000/04/07/tec_286503.shtml
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Message combats stigma of epilepsy

...terrible prejudice and ignorance about his epilepsy to enter Congress and fight for the disabled...mentor with the Helping Other People with Epilepsy or H.O.P.E mentoring program...is the key, Mrs. Howell said. But epilepsy, which affects 2.3 million Americans...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2000/09/03/met_294733.shtml
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Epilepsy patients share success stories

...woman who's credited for a reunion of epilepsy patients at Medical College of Georgia...nurse practitioner who worked in the Epilepsy Unit. She died two years ago but is...members who gathered for the 16th annual Epilepsy Surgery Reunion. The patients share...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2002/07/28/met_349896.shtml
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A new approach to epilepsy

...mother, Linda. Her son's battle with epilepsy led Linda to buck the government, gambling...she'll become the first mother of a child with epilepsy to chair the 33-year-old national Epilepsy Foundation in Washington, D.C. Sick of...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/05/25/tec_314987.shtml
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Epilepsy can be truly debilitating

...and information given to the disease of epilepsy in the Sept. 3 Chronicle. The support...some of the more fortunate people with epilepsy is that many of those suffering from...life that we are battling to regain. Epilepsy is not always controlled by a single...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2000/09/22/edi_297261.shtml
Editorials
Epilepsy education sought for schools

...them is the focus of a new Children's Epilepsy Support Group in Augusta. The group...of education/client services for the Epilepsy Foundation of Georgia, pediatric neurologist...more information in Georgia, call the Epilepsy Foundation of Georgia at (800) 527-7105...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/09/19/met_270605.shtml
Metro
Study: Childhood epilepsy may lead to adult social problems

...they doubted that more aggressive medical treatment would have made a difference, since most of the patients had only mild epilepsy that responded readily to therapy. Another study in the journal, conducted by Dr. Christopher M. Verity and others from...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/06/11/ent_230643.shtml
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People in the News

...Actress Neve Campbell said relatives with epilepsy have inspired her to support an epilepsy "bill of rights" to draw attention to the...and options for coping with it. People with epilepsy and members of the health care community created...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/05/09/ent_452600.shtml
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FDA approves new use of seizure drug

WASHINGTON -- An epilepsy drug used by adults was approved Monday for use as an add-on...patients is an important advance for treatment of children with epilepsy, Epilepsy Foundation officials said. "Uncontrolled partial seizures may...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/07/27/tec_266576.shtml
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Good deeds

...5,000 grant to Evans-based Angels for Epilepsy to provide comfort to children with epilepsy.Americans voted online at www.RefreshEverything.com in August, and Angels for Epilepsy was the top area vote-getter, Pepsi announced...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/local-business/2010-10-09/good-deeds
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