Epilepsy affects at least 48,000 New Zealanders. Unfortunately, 35% of these people cannot achieve seizure control with conventional medications. Despite the addition of over 15 new anti-epileptic drugs, overall seizure control in newly diagnosed epilepsy patients has not fundamentally changed over the years. Surgery may help some of these people but, for most of them, the medications do not work, and surgery is not an
Read More »EWCT brings you the latest news on epilepsy-related articles from around the web. The ketogenic diet (KD) appears to be just as effective as corpus callosotomy (CC) and vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) in reducing seizures and improving behavior and quality of life in children with drug-resistant epilepsy, new research shows. – https://www.medscape.com Stress reduction techniques appear to reduce seizure frequency in patients with medication-resistant epilepsy, new
Read More »EWCT brings you the latest news on epilepsy-related articles from around the web. The Link Between Stress and Epilepsy “It is widely accepted that we live in a stressful society. The pressures of financial survival, work, travel in crowded cities and meeting our responsibilities are just some of the stresses that everyone experiences in their daily life. For people with epilepsy there may be additional
Read More »EWCT brings you the latest news on epilepsy-related articles from around the web. “The stress of a serious illness, chronic health condition or disability in a child often causes problems in a family, particularly if each parent or adult caregiver attempts to deal with his or her own fears and frustrations related to the chronic health condition or disability alone and without support. In some
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Maria talks with Margrit at Free FM Radio – Active Age on Air about a range of epilepsy subjects. Listen or download the interview below.
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Dear supporter, Access Alliance: we seek your support The Access Alliance is a group of 12 active organisations that includes the Blind Foundation, a proud member of the Alliance, spanning the disability community. The Alliance began a nation-wide campaign to improve access and accessibility for people with disabilities in New Zealand. The central focus is to work towards the development of an “Accessibility for New
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EWCT has produced two children’s epilepsy books, “Ben’s Buddies” and “Ariana and Jack” which have been chosen to go to this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair (3-6 April) in Italy. This occasion is considered to be the leading professional event dedicated to children’s publishing in the world and EWCT is excited that our epilepsy books will be representing New Zealand and, more importantly, all children
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A short 30s video made by Sarah Walker at Wintec about epilepsy. Epilepsy affects 1 in 100 people and can affect anyone at any time. Remember to see the person. Thanks for sharing the message Sarah! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S31TsX_1edU
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Maria talks with Free FM Community Access Radio about a range of epilepsy subjects from triggers to myths about epilepsy. Listen or download the interview below.
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