The Epilepsy Society was pleased to receive a reply from Health Minister, Karin Smyth in response to our letter calling for a top-to-toe review of the.

Whether to drink alcohol or take recreational drugs is a personal choice, but it is worth knowing the possible effects they could have on your epilepsy. Alcohol or recreational drugs can cause ...

Different epilepsies are due to many different underlying causes. The causes can be complex, and sometimes hard to identify. A person might start having seizures because they have one or more of the ...

Most people with a diagnosis of epilepsy will take anti-seizure medication (ASM) to stop their seizures from happening. Although generally epilepsy cannot be ‘cured’, for most people, seizures can be ...

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Anyone can have difficulty remembering information. Keeping your brain alert and active is a good thing but, on its own, it may not necessarily improve memory. Memory aids may help you to cope with ...

A syndrome is a group of signs or symptoms that happen together and help to identify a unique medical condition. Epilepsy syndromes are usually diagnosed in childhood but some can continue into adult ...

We offer the below two courses face-to-face, or online. All delegates receive a certificate of attendance. We recommend that this training takes place every two years. 6-hour course providing ...

Diagnosing epilepsy is not simple. Doctors gather lots of different information to assess the causes of seizures. If you have had two or more seizures that started in the brain you may be diagnosed ...