#EpilepsyTogether - National Epilepsy Week 2022
The impact of an epilepsy diagnosis goes beyond one person. Communities of friends, families and professionals make a huge difference.
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Olympian Beth Dobbin shares mental health impact of epilepsy
Olympic Sprinter, Beth Dobbin, speaks to Young Epilepsy about the mental health impact of living with epilepsy.
Epilepsy Alarms UK chooses to support Young Epilepsy in 2022
Epilepsy Alarms UK chooses to support Young Epilepsy in 2022 Our Corporate supporters are incredibly important to us, and we want to say thank you to Epilepsy Alarms UK for choosing to support us in 2022.
Here are some of the things that happened on Purple Day 2022
You are amazing! Here are some of the things that happened on Purple Day 2022... Purple Day, the International Day of Epilepsy awareness was on Saturday 26th March 2022 this year and thanks to everyone's support, it was a huge success! People from all ages got involved to raise awareness about epilepsy, bust the myths about seizures, and raise vital funds.
Petition launched for mental health support in epilepsy care
Epilepsy is not a mental health condition, yet children and young people with epilepsy are four times more likely to develop mental health problems than their peers. To help address the situation, Young Epilepsy has now launched a petition to call on healthcare leaders across the UK to ensure that every child with epilepsy is offered mental health screening and support as an integrated part of their paediatric epilepsy care.
Parliamentary committee calls for new online epilepsy safety law
A parliamentary committee has recommended that a new law should be introduced to protect people with photosensitive epilepsy online. This would make it an offence to send flashing images to someone with the intent of causing a seizure.
Young Epilepsy trustee named in annual global list of influential researchers
Young Epilepsy trustee, Professor Helen Cross OBE, has just been ranked one of the world’s most influential scientists on Clarivate’s annual ‘Highly Cited Researchers List’ 2021, which recognises authors of the most influential research papers around the world.
Young people say epilepsy is a significant toll on mental wellbeing
A survey of over 240 young people with epilepsy has found that 77% said living with the condition has had a significant impact on their mental wellbeing. This includes their thoughts, feelings and how they are able to cope with everyday life.
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Press Release - Young Epilepsy Introduces MEG
National charity, Young Epilepsy is set to revolutionise the diagnostic experience for children with the condition by introducing the world’s first clinical wearable MEG (Magnetoencephalography) brain scanning system to its Health and Research Centre in Surrey. Following an exciting collaboration with experienced MEG researchers, clinicians and engineers from around the world, the team have created a wearable optically pumped magnetometer magnetoencephalography (OPM-MEG) system. The charity has placed this innovative technology, which is integrated into a magnetically shielded room, at the centre of its new diagnostic suite.