Each month, epilepsy.com/Professionals sends out an email Newsletter full of recent epilepsy news, updates on seizure medicines, advances in treatment options, and information on new resources available to the healthcare industry.
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2008 Newsletters
November 2008
Epilepsy Awareness Month • A New Epilepsy Medicine Recommended for Approval in the US and Europe • Retigabine gets financial support for its development • Report of Eslicarbazepine Clinical Trials • Improvements in Memory After Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery • and more
October 2008
Welcome From New Editor-in-Chief • Epilepsy Therapy Project Innovation Center • Keppra XR • "Purple Glove Syndrome" • ADA Amendments Act Signed Into Law • New Epilepsy & Behavior Articles • Message from the President • Keto News • and more
September 2008
CNN Reports on CDC Epilepsy Study • New Epilepsy & Behavior Articles • New Keto News • Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project • Back to School • Women With Epilepsy • Epilepsy Talk Radio • and more.
August 2008
FDA Advisory Panel and AEDs • Partnership with Epilepsy & Behavior • Epilepsy Diets • Women with Epilepsy • Safety of Topiramate in Pregnancy • Mothers with Epilepsy • Genetics and Epilepsy - a New Study • BlogTalkRadio • and more.
July 2008
Emerging Technologies for Epilepsy • New Service of the NINDS Anticonvulsant Screening Program (ASP) • Milken Family Foundation Translational Research Award • Epilepsy Research Foundation New Therapy Grants Program • Partnership with Epilepsy & Behavior • Mysoline 250mg Tablets have a New Appearance • Epilepsy Diets • Epilepsy and Seniors • and more.
June 2008
Epilepsy Syndromes • Refractory Seizures • Newly-released Results from a Randomized and Controlled Study of the Ketogenic Diet in London by Eric Kossoff, MD • Medication Compliance • Interview with Dr. Martha Morrell, Professor of Neurology, Stanford University • NEW Videos • and more.
May 2008
Hallway Conversations: Epilepsy and Exercise • Perspectives: Mainstreaming Alternative Medicines as Prescription Drugs • A Report from the Annual Ketogenic Conference by Eric Kossoff, MD • Mothers of Children with Epilepsy • Camps: A Talk with Patricia Dean • Teaching Others to Recognize Seizures • Spotlight on epilepsy.com Groups! • Upcoming Events and more.
April 2008
Hallway Conversations: Using Provocative Tests to Diagnose Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures, a Medical and Ethical Perspective • Perspectives: Hybrid Cell Silicon Neural Implants, A New Avenue for Therapies • Hormones and their Relationship to Epilepsy and Premenstrual Disorders in Young Women by Constance Guille, MD, Yale • Epilepsy & Behavior Special Issue "Current Views on Epilepsy and Behavior" edited by Dr. Steven C. Schachter will be available for free download on Science Direct.
March 2008
Hallway Conversations: The controversy regarding generic drugs and epilepsy continues • A New Drug for Infantile Spasms under Review: The FDA is reviewing vigabatrin for use in the US • Epilepsy in Chennai, India: This will give you an idea about efforts to improve the lives of those with epilepsy in India and read about the Srinivasan Oration • Epilepsy and Disability in India: W. Curt LaFrance, Jr., MD, PhD, gives us his perspective regarding "An International Consensus Conclave on Epilepsy and Disability" • A Message from a Physician: Robert Fisher, MD, PhD, shares with us a letter he sent to his patients after the FDA issued a medical alert on antiepileptic drugs and suicidality • Ketogenic News: Eric Kossoff, MD, our ketogenic diet expert, had two publications in February in Epilepsia.
February 2008
Breaking News and the FDA alert. Perspectives: Developing a hybrid neuroprosthesis for epilepsy treatment is about novel intracranial therapy • Physician-driven plan helps solve the employment dilemma: A glimpse at the California Pacific Medical Center’s program to help people with epilepsy transition into the workforce • The results of epilespy.com Instapolls presented at AES • A journey because of epilepsy: Jim Chambliss talks about his epilepsy and his resulting journey from artist to working with physicians • Ketogenic Conferences: A survey of past and future conferences • Our new website design: A navigational trip through our site re-design with even more suggestions and hints for users • Creating a seizure plan: An introduction and template for making a seizure plan • FAQs regarding AEDs and mood disorders: This Q and A should help your patients gain perspective on this new FDA alert.
January 2008
Highlights of 2007 for epilepsy.com, epilepsy.com/professionals and its parent organization • Perspectives on Drug and Medical Device Development: 2007 • Hallway Highlights: 2007 • The Epilepsy Pipeline Conference: An Invitation to Patients and Families from Warren Lammert • Childhood Epilepsy and Family Impact: An interview with Carol Camfield, MD • Mood Symptoms and AEDs: An interview with Cynthia Harden, MD Medication • Alert: Carbamazepine • Barry Gidal, PharmD, tells us what the FDA recommends before your patients start to take carbamazepine, Tegretol, Tegretol XR or Carbatrol • Complete drug information for oxcarbazepine, the generic version of Trileptal, which was recently approved by the FDA • The Top Ten Ketogenic Articles of 2007 by Eric Kossoff, MD.
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