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Funding Epilepsy Research Can Help Change a Person’s Life
Epilepsy Canada raises money for research to find a cure for epilepsy and to discover solutions that improve the quality of life for those living with the disease. While many effective medications exist to help people with epilepsy, it’s challenging to predict which treatment will work best for an individual patient. Doctors will try one...
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With a Good Care Plan in Place, Children and Youth with Epilepsy Are Unstoppable
With a solid care plan in place and good community support, children and youth living with epilepsy can live life to the fullest. Epilepsy is a chronic disease of the central nervous system characterized by the tendency to have recurrent, unprovoked seizures. Roughly 300,000 Canadians live with epilepsy, and about 42,000 of them are children...
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How Canadian Kids Can Benefit from Kid-Friendly Paediatric Formulations
Canadian children need paediatric drug formulations to be more widely available — and tailored to the child’s age, size, condition, and medical needs. Around half of Canada’s eight million children are given at least one prescription drug each year. Most of these are available only in adult formulations of capsules or tablets. “There are many...