[News] Epilepsy editorial in the Boston Globe

[Nakamova]

Link below to the editorial in today's Boston Globe:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/e...abates_epilepsy_lags_in_research_and_funding/

Among other things, the piece calls epilepsy "the neglected stepchild among neurological diseases."

 

[Bernard]

... On a per-patient basis, it gets about 20 percent of the research money that Parkinson’s receives and about 50 percent of the Alzheimer’s total. These figures include contributions from the government, pharmaceutical companies, and nonprofit foundations.

Quieter squeeky wheels or just less high profile advocates?

Most of the existing research has gone toward developing anticonvulsant drugs, but these have serious side effects and more than a third of epilepsy sufferers get no relief from them. Epilepsy causes more than 50,000 deaths a year — more than breast cancer.
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Hey-oh!

 

[travel bug]

Excellent article. 50,000 epilepsy related deaths a year, more than breast cancer...that's staggering! If the public can't understand the difficulty and downright devastation epilepsy visits upon its sufferers, that statistic should at least get some attention:e:

 

[mlbandura]

Thank you for the article... I shared the link on my Facebook page!