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House Passes Health Care Reform Bill 11/09/2009
House Passes Health Care Reform Bill
 
Hate Crimes Bill Adding Protections for People with Disabilities Signed into Law by President Obama 10/29/2009
Hate Crimes Bill Adding Protections for People with Disabilities Signed into Law by President Obama
 
Epilepsy Foundation Launches National Campaign to Raise Epilepsy Awareness 10/26/2009
Epilepsy Foundation Launches National Campaign to Raise Epilepsy Awareness
 
EpilepsyUSA Reporter Wins Excellence in Epilepsy Journalism Award 10/21/2009
EpilepsyUSA Reporter Wins Excellence in Epilepsy Journalism Award
 
The Epilepsy Foundation of South Carolina Announces it Will Close 10/12/2009
The Epilepsy Foundation of South Carolina Announces it Will Close
 
Exposure to Antiepileptic Drugs in Pregnancy Not as Serious as Initially Reported 09/25/2009
Exposure to Antiepileptic Drugs in Pregnancy Not as Serious as Initially Reported
 
Epilepsy Foundation Applauds Nomination of Civil Rights Champion Chai Feldblum to the EEOC 09/21/2009
Epilepsy Foundation Applauds Nomination of Civil Rights Champion Chai Feldblum to the EEOC
 
CDC Releases Report on Effects of Swine Flu in Children 09/04/2009
CDC Releases Report on Effects of Swine Flu in Children
 
Sabril Approved by FDA to Treat Spasms in Infants and Epileptic Seizures 08/24/2009
Sabril Approved by FDA to Treat Spasms in Infants and Epileptic Seizures
 
Children with Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy at Risk for Cognitive Problems 08/20/2009
Children with Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy at Risk for Cognitive Problems
 
Former Epilepsy Foundation Board Chair and Congressman, Tony Coelho, Delivers Resonant Personal Remarks to an FDA Panel 08/05/2009
Esteemed politician and longtime supporter of disability rights shares his personal story of life with epilepsy to underscore the Foundation's commitment to protecting all people with epilepsy from repercussions caused by medication switching.
 
Epilepsy Foundation Leader Honored at Anniversary Celebration of Historic ADA 07/29/2009
Sandy Finucane, vice president of legal & government affairs of the Epilepsy Foundation, recently received the Justice for All Award from the American Association of People with Disabilities at a ceremony on Capitol Hill.
 
Obama Pledges Support for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 07/28/2009
Obama Pledges Support for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
 
Alabama District Attorney Sues to Stop “Switching” of Prescription Medicines 07/21/2009
Alabama District Attorney Sues to Stop “Switching” of Prescription Medicines
 
The Epilepsy Foundation Applauds Sotomayor Nomination 06/30/2009
The Epilepsy Foundation Applauds Sotomayor Nomination
 
FDA approves LamictalXR, a Once-daily Treatment for Epilepsy 06/15/2009
FDA approves LamictalXR, a Once-daily Treatment for Epilepsy
 
The Epilepsy Foundation Joins Leading Patient Advocacy Organizations in Supporting Health Care Reform 06/04/2009
The Epilepsy Foundation Joins Leading Patient Advocacy Organizations in Supporting Health Care Reform
 
UCB launches Vimpat in the U.S. for Add-on Treatment of Epilepsy in Adults 05/29/2009
UCB launches Vimpat in the U.S. for Add-on Treatment of Epilepsy in Adults
 
Lamictal® ODT™ Orally Disintegrating Tablets approved by the FDA 05/26/2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Lamictal® ODT™ (lamotrigine) Orally Disintegrating Tablets.
 
New patient assistance program provides free medicines 05/22/2009
New patient assistance program provides free medicines for eligible unemployed Americans
 
Researchers Identify New Drug to Prevent Seizure Progression in Model of Epilepsy 05/05/2009
Researchers Identify New Drug to Prevent Seizure Progression in Model of Epilepsy
 
Prince Reveals He Had Epilepsy as a Child 04/28/2009
Prince Reveals He Had Epilepsy as a Child
 
New Guidelines Released on Epilepsy and Pregnancy 04/27/2009
The American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society have released new guidelines about pregnancy in women with epilepsy. Published in the April 28, 2009 issue of the journal Neurology, the guidelines provide clinicians with several recommendations that can help decrease the risk of a complicated pregnancy.
 
IQ Reported Lower in Toddlers of Mothers who Took Valproate 04/16/2009
According to a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, children of women who took the antiepilepsy drug valproate while pregnant may have lower IQs than children of women who use other anti-epilepsy medications.
 
FDA Approves Generic Topamax to Prevent Seizures 04/03/2009
FDA Approves Generic Topamax to Prevent Seizures