Cenobamate for treating focal onset seizures in epilepsy
Cenobamate (Ontozry) is available on the NHS as a possible treatment for focal onset seizures with or without secondary generalised seizures in adults with drug-resistant epilepsy that has not been adequately controlled with at least 2 medicines.
Zach’s Law - how it happened
An 11-year-old boy from Liversedge may seem a long way from the legislative procedure that determines our laws in Parliament. But Zach Eagling is an old hand when it comes to legal issues.
For almost a quarter of his life Zach has been meeting politicians and policy makers as he has fought to change the law to protect people who, like him, have epilepsy.
Petition presented to Patient Safety Commissioner
In one of her first official meetings, the newly appointed Patient Safety Commissioner was presented with the Safe Mum, Safe Baby petition by a young woman with epilepsy.
John from Texas wins Peter Hook Signature BB Bass Guitar
A big thank you to our friend and music legend, Peter Hook who has raised £4,000 for the Epilepsy Society by auctioning a Peter Hook Signature BB Bass Guitar.
R&B artist Chris Brown criticised for mocking people with seizures
R&B artist, Chris Brown has been fiercely criticised by the Epilepsy Society for sharing a post of someone pretending to have a seizure, then messaging a woman with epilepsy to say he would come round to her house with a strobe light.
Van Gogh: hidden art, hidden disability
Over a century after his death, iconic artist Vincent Van Gogh reminds us that epilepsy is often a hidden condition.