Epilepsy Action has been re-certified with the PIF TICK, the UK’s only assessed quality mark for print and online health and care information, awarded by the Patient Information Forum. The PIF TICK ...

With school exams in full swing around the UK over the last month, many children could be finding this a stressful time. Stress and epilepsy are linked for many people and could be impacting children ...

Pioneering research in DBS for epilepsy was conducted by Dr Francisco Velasco and his team in Mexico. They targeted several brain regions and found that patients responded very well to treatment, ...

Professional rugby union player Tommy Freeman is presenting Epilepsy Action’ BBC Radio 4 Appeal, airing today (25 May). The Radio 4 Appeal is a weekly programme which champions the work of a charity ...

Researchers from Canada have connected air pollution with an increase in the risk of new-onset epilepsy. In a recent paper in the journal Epilepsia, Tresah Anataya and colleagues estimated the link of ...

Healthcare professionals with expertise in epilepsy can now access and prescribe cenobamate more easily, after an update to the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommendations.

A promising new medication, zorevunersen, is being trialled for Dravet syndrome across the UK and the US. Recent news reports have highlighted the positive effect the trial has had on two children ...

Are you ready for the fastest and flattest ever Bradford 10k? Who will beat our 12-year strong race record? With only 210 feet of elevation across the whole course, we are hoping to see lots of new ...

The Aneurin Bevan University Health Board’s (ABUHB) epilepsy open access service in Newport, Wales, has reopened after an unexpected closure in November last year. The service closed without notice ...

An open letter by Carers UK, signed by 108 campaign groups and charities, including Epilepsy Action, is calling out “fundamentally unfair” government rules leaving thousands of carers with debts of up ...

Laser interstitial thermal therapy – known as LITT – is a treatment for epilepsy that uses heat from a laser beam to destroy damaged areas of the brain that cause seizures. This treatment is also ...

Barry Ahearn, 44, has just completed his monumental challenge of running twenty-seven half-marathons in memory of his sister, Abbie. Abbie passed away in 2023 after she went into cardiac arrest during ...