Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst Journalist Eric Johnson illustrated the impact Vice President Joseph Biden made at the CURE Epilepsy event in Chicago this week. As he stood at the podium on Tuesday evening, Vice President Biden tapped into his own medical history to lead a big fundraiser for researching a cure for epilepsy, which he … Read More
Living Well With Epilepsy welcomes the site’s 5000th unique visitor. That’s upwards of 13,500 pageviews. It was only a few months ago that we welcomed our 1000th visitor. I hope you are enjoying the site and come back on a regular basis to participate in the conversation. As many of you who have heard … Read More
A recent article on SheKnows shows the staggering impact epilepsy has and brings the numbers home with some frightening comparisons. Below is an excerpt from the article: The Epilepsy Foundation shows there are approximately 200,000 new cases of epilepsy and seizures diagnosed each year. According to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, … Read More
Photo credit: Jack Delano, circa 1940 I have created an online directory of bloggers and websites that are dedicated to communicating information on epilepsy. I searched for something similar and came up empty. (hence the picture of the card catalog). So, I created my own using inlinks which will stay live on Living Well With Epilepsy on the … Read More
The deadline for the 2011 UCB Family Epilepsy Scholarship has been extended to June 1. If you didn’t get a chance to read my earlier post, UCB will be awarding 40 $5,000 scholarships to people living with epilepsy, their family members, or caregivers who demonstrate academic and personal achievement. If you or … Read More
39YD64SJXU9X Are you heading to undergraduate or graduate school in the fall of 2011? If so, you may be eligible for a $5000 scholarship from UCB. The the UCB Family Epilepsy Scholarship Program™ offers financial support to people living with epilepsy, family members, and/or caregivers who demonstrate academic and personal achievement. Since … Read More
Named 2011 Web Health Awards JudgeAs founder of Living Well With Epilepsy, Jessica Keenan Smith was invited to judge the Web Health Awards℠, which is now in its 13th year of recognizing high-quality electronic health information. The process was both exciting and informative. The Web Health Awards℠ is organized by the Health Information Resource … Read More
As part of the Living Well Reader Survey some of you responded that you would like more information on how do deal with a new diagnosis. This is a tough issue at any age, but can be especially critical when a child is young. A while back I did a presentation at … Read More