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
I’ve connected with lots of new people and organizations on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook recently. I thought it was time to share this wealth of information that the folks from around the world can bring to the conversation about living well with epilepsy. Wordless WednesdayAs I mentioned in an earlier post, there … Read More