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Watch Congresswoman Emerson "Talk About It"

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NEAM: Humor & Hope

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What's "It" to You? Talk About It! for NEAM

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What's "It" to you? Talk About It!

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Congress Talks About It for National Epilepsy Awareness Month!

In a bipartisan show of support for people with epilepsy, Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) and Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) are delivering remarks on the House floor in honor of National Epilepsy Awareness Month(NEAM) in November. Check out coverage of this event and how you can get involved with efforts to support NEAM.

Blog Posts

Top 10 term Papers Writing Tips

Posted by tipsgirl on November 20, 2009 at 8:16am

Why need a dissertation sample? Did it really help?

Posted by Gaili Jensen on November 20, 2009 at 3:41am

Nocturnal Seizures

Posted by Christine Roberts on November 19, 2009 at 10:05pm — 3 Comments

catamenial epilepsy

Posted by Katie McBurnett on November 19, 2009 at 5:44pm

VNS

Posted by Diana on November 19, 2009 at 4:08pm — 1 Comment

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Meredith Gerhard replied to Meredith Gerhard's discussion 'ESES'

Charlene, Thank you for your reply! I would gladly give you my email address if you have any info you would like to send to me! It is: A4thGrTchr@comcast.net If you don't mind me asking, what does ESES look like in your child? I just want to comp...

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Abdul Hai replied to Cherokee_Male's discussion '9/11 Terror Masterminds to stand TRIAL in NY'

Justice does cost.

5 minutes ago

Crazy Diamond (Dave) replied to Crazy Diamond (Dave)'s discussion 'Discover Ancho peppers'

Well, using a mortar definitely helps. I finally made a batch of salsa that I liked. I used roasted roma tomatos along with roasted jalepenos and garlic. It also add some onion and cilantro and salt, sugar and lime juice. It was pretty good. I b...

18 minutes ago

Meredith Gerhard replied to Meredith Gerhard's discussion 'ESES'

Thanks so much for the reply! We were so lucky to actually find the ESES. My son has only had two visible seizures. When we finally pushed for an overnight video EEG, he was found to have seizure activity from the second he fell asleep to the seco...

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LaurensStory replied to Leslie's discussion 'Lamictal XR-Strange Side Effect?'

From what I have researched, as someone who is on regular Lamotrigine/Lamictal, regular L can cause dry mouth.

26 minutes ago

LaurensStory replied to Allie's discussion 'E-MAIL OPRAH'

Hmm...maybe she is discontinuing her show soon, because she refuses to have an episode about epilepsy. lol

28 minutes ago

Stacy Riley replied to Gailinsmom's discussion 'Hospital for the weekend!'

Eric never 'performs' either... there is no problem in the hospital. He's in the bed with whatever movie or game he wants, whatever he wants to eat is delivered to his lap, he has Mom's undivided attention...anxiety, stress, loss of sleep & routin...

34 minutes ago

jjbeck replied to Cherokee_Male's discussion '9/11 Terror Masterminds to stand TRIAL in NY'

Possible cost of the trial: "Schumer, "Rough estimate from the city of New York, which I received yesterday, place the added cost of moving the trials of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other terrorist suspects to New York somewhere in the ballpar...

36 minutes ago

Abdul Hai replied to Cherokee_Male's discussion '9/11 Terror Masterminds to stand TRIAL in NY'

When are they going to make the choice to prepare if they are convicted?

47 minutes ago

mandymitch replied to Gailinsmom's discussion 'Hospital for the weekend!'

Molly never "performs" when hooked up either - it's very frustrating and I often leave very upset. hang in there - I hope it is not too stressful! Best wishes for answers!!! Amanda

49 minutes ago

mandymitch replied to Beth Jackson's discussion 'Lamictal and Aggression'

that was one of the reasons we took Molly off of Lamictal. She was horribly aggressive and her behavior was terrible. It was not a good med for her in other ways too. She was an emotional wreck - I couldn't take her anywhere in public - she would ...

52 minutes ago

Stacy Riley commented on Diana's blog post 'VNS'

Hi, Diana, My son has a VNS but he's 1 month shy of turning 16. All the info I received beforehand and have read since does not indicate it is for >12. Cybertronics out of Houston, TX is the mfg...check with them. I'll be glad to answer any questi...

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