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As the Met Office warns 2025 was set to be to be the hottest year since records began, Professor Sanjay Sisodiya at the Epilepsy Society has advocated that neuroscientists must engage with issues raised by climate change.

New research led by experts from UK universities and Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust, reveals that people living with epilepsy and learning disabilities in England are at risk from earlier death due to a combination of missed prevention opportunities and health inequalities.

A coroner has called for call handlers at an ambulance service to be given more guidance and assistance around when CPR is required, following the tragic death of a young man from Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP).

There’s lots of speculation following the dramatic bus crash which saw Coronation Street character, David Platt have a tonic clonic seizure in the first crossover episode of the iconic soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale. 

A team of researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University have issued an update on the wearable headset device they are developing to help alert people about an impending epileptic seizure. 

A new study has looked at the safety of taking anti-seizure medications (ASMs) during pregnancy. The study was based on data from pregnancies of women with epilepsy living in Scotland who conceived between 2010 – 2023