Epilepsy Society's Blog
How Ella and her dog, Koda, became best friends after a new medication
Family pets often claim top spot in the pecking order for people’s affections. But 18 months ago, Ella Hitchen was totally unaware that, along with her three sisters, she had a dog and two cats.
A Legacy of Love and Football: Charity Match in Memory of Elijah
Elijah was a passionate and kind-hearted young man, whose life was tragically cut short on Father's Day this year (2024). This is the story of how his local community came together, to fill the void left by his passing, raising vital awareness for epilepsy and funds for Epilepsy Society's research.
New technique looks inside the brain to understand more about epilepsy
Dr Simona Balestrini, the Muir Maxwell Trust Research Fellow at Epilepsy Society and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, has embarked on a three year project using a pioneering technique to look at the activity of the brain in people with epilepsy. Here she explains what she hopes to achieve in her work with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) used in conjunction with electroencephalography (EEG).