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Morrisons fined £3.5m after death of employee with epilepsy

Matthew Gunn, who fell from stairs during a seizure at Tewkesbury branch, suffered catastrophic head injuries

The Guardian - UK

English cricketer Matt Dunn’s heartbreaking tribute as two-year-old daughter dies

‘You will forever be in my heart,’ the cricketer said as the sport offered condolences for the loss of his child to rare form of epilepsy

The Independent UK

Surrey bowler Matt Dunn says daughter, 2, ‘will forever be in my heart’ after death from epilepsy

Surrey bowler Matt Dunn has paid tribute to his tragic toddler who died at the age of two from a severe form of epilepsy.

Evening Standard

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English cricket star Matt Dunn's two-year-old daughter dies from severe form of epilepsy

Matt Dunn's young daughter Florence suffered with a rare and severe form of epilepsy known as Dravet Syndrome and his county Surrey have announced that she has tragically passed away

Daily Mirror

Carer had to bury daughter next to husband after the pair died six days apart

Alice Palmer, 68, was a lifetime carer to daughter Beth, 20, who suffered with cerebral palsy, scoliosis, blindness, and epilepsy. Sadly she died at a young age, and then Alice's husband, John, passed away too

Daily Mirror

Rangers ultras' Easter Road strobe use 'verging on dangerous' warn Epilepsy Scotland

THE pyrotechnic strobe display staged by Rangers ultras at Easter Road last week was “verging on dangerous” for sufferers of photosensitive…

The National (Scotland)

Mum going on her first holiday in 30 years after dedicating life to looking after son

Karen Hewitt's son has cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy and severe learning difficulties

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Jennifer Preston obituary

Other lives: Teacher and charity worker who co-founded Sudep Action, which helps those affected by sudden unexplained death in epilepsy syndrome

The Guardian - UK

Mayo Clinic Q and A: Advances in care for medication-resistant epilepsy

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My son is in his 20s and has had epilepsy for years. He had undergone extensive evaluation over a decade ago. Lately, his medication hasn't been effectively preventing seizures. What are some of the innovations available to provide him the chance of seizure freedom and improve his…

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Perth toddler who suffered hour-long seizure reunites with paramedics who rushed her to hospital

Young Penney McKain has Dravet Syndrome - a rare form of intractable epilepsy that begins in infancy - and aged just 15 months she experienced severe convulsions

Daily Record

Baby who may not make it to first birthday without lifesaving operation has procedure delayed

Zachary was born with a rare heart condition that requires life-changing surgery

Wales Online

The courageous Newcastle boy, three, who cannot walk or talk and suffers 15 seizures a day

Paddy Holliday suffers from a rare form of epilepsy that at one point saw him suffering up to 50 seizures a day

Chronicle Live

Grateful family of boy with severe epilepsy meet mum who helped get him vital medication

Campaigner mum Charlotte Caldwell has managed to get free cannabis oils for Harry - with his parents previously paying £1,500 a month for the life-saving product

Daily Mirror

Doctors promised her seizures couldn’t kill her. They were wrong

Helen Leigh was diagnosed with Non-Epileptic Attack Disorder in 2016, having previously been diagnosed with epilepsy

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Mother’s plea after daughter dies from condition ‘she could not die from’

Helen Leigh was diagnosed with Non-Epileptic Attack Disorder in 2016, having previously been diagnosed with epilepsy.

Inverse

New Research Reveals Why CBD Is Such An Effective Treatment For Seizure Disorders

CBD has shown remarkable efficacy in treating seizure disorders. Now we know why this might be.

AAP

Farmer jailed after police find huge cannabis crop

A Victorian man who was growing cannabis to treat his wife's epilepsy has been jailed after police found more than 60kg of plants at his property.

Liverpool Echo

Man, 28, suffered four seizures a night before he died suddenly

Jonathon Brennan was "determined" to beat his condition

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Daily Record

Scotland's most vulnerable people left unable to afford life-saving medicine amid cost of living crisis

One man with diabetes and epilepsy couldn’t afford to top up his meter so was left with no electricity and had to throw out the insulin in his fridge.

The Guardian - UK

Oxford study to trial cannabis-based medicine as treatment for psychosis

CBD is currently only prescribed for a small number of conditions such as rare, severe epilepsy

Wales Online

Use of cannabis chemical as psychosis treatment being investigated

CBD is currently only prescribed by the NHS for a few conditions such as epilepsy

Nottingham Post

Cannabis user had drug in Newark 'because it helps him control his epilepsy'

Terrence White was told in court his reasons were convincing

Daily Mirror

Woman who appears constantly 'drunk' says condition has 'destroyed' her life

Emilyjane Vernau, 27, says she was stripped of her career and now has her parents care for her due to her struggles with epilepsy

WEKU

Lasers, robots, and tiny electrodes are transforming treatment of severe epilepsy

For people with drug-resistant epilepsy, surgery used to be seen as a last resort. Now it's often the treatment of choice.

Tribune News Service

Mayo Clinic Minute: A surgery option when epilepsy treatments don't work

For people living with epilepsy who have tried various epilepsy treatments to control their seizures with little success, there is another option. It's a surgery called resection of an epileptic focus, or resective surgery — where surgeons remove or disconnect the area in the brain that is no longer properly…

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