Epilepsy Funding Update
It’s time for the annual epilepsy funding update. Each year I take a look at the funding going toward Epilepsy research. I am pleased to see that it is steadily increasing. However, by comparison Epilepsy is severely lagging behind. Especially when compared to disease states with similar or less devastating prevalence and mortality statistics.
Epilepsy
HIV and AIDS
Breast Cancer
Just for kicks
- Diabetes 1067 M
- Obesity 843 M
- Alzheimers 562 M
- Alcoholism 460 M
- Stroke 313 M
- Autism 192M
- Head injury 167
Less Than
- Pick’s Disease $2 M
- Batten’s Disease $4 M
- Tourette’s Syndrome $6 M
- Rhett Syndrome $13 M
- Dystonia $14 M
- Migranes $18 M
This information is all publicly available on the NIH Categorical Spending report. I hope you found this update helpful.
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