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Parents of Infants with Epilepsy Can Now Easily Access Reliable Information

Landover, MD, April 30, 2007 — The Epilepsy Foundation is launching a new Web site (www.epilepsyfoundation.org/infants) about epilepsy and seizure disorders in infants ages 0-3, the time during which children are most vulnerable to seizures and have the least ability to communicate what they are experiencing to others. This new initiative is supported through a grant from Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

The Epilepsy Foundation’s Professional Advisory Board created the new content, which focuses on seizure and syndrome types, diagnosis, treatment, parenting, and new research. The professional advisory board comprises experts in several disciplines, and includes leading researchers, physicians, psychologists, social workers and nurses.

"Our Web site is already the trusted source of information for millions of people. With this new content, we are empowering parents with detailed information about epilepsy syndromes, and providing a guide in a question-and-answer format. These tools will help parents ensure the best possible treatment and care for their infants," said Eric R. Hargis, President and CEO of the Epilepsy Foundation. "Our goal is to help parents understand their children’s conditions and help them navigate doctors, specialists, and other programs that might help their children."

In the U.S., epilepsy currently affects more than 3 million people, including more than 326,000 children under age fifteen, 90,000 of whom have severe seizures that cannot be adequately treated.

"During a child’s first years, the brain goes through its most dramatic changes, with its size increasing to four times birth volume by the time the child is five or six," said Bruce P. Hermann, Ph.D., Chair of the Epilepsy Foundation’s Professional Advisory Board. "Appropriate detection of a seizure syndrome early in life, during such major times of major growth, can help children avoid severe developmental and cognitive problems." About the Epilepsy Foundation The Epilepsy Foundation (www.epilepsyfoundation.org), a national voluntary health organization established in 1967, works to ensure that people with seizures are able to participate in all life experiences; to improve how people with epilepsy are perceived, accepted and valued in society; and to promote research for a cure.