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Western Trust to host awareness evening for Asthma, Diabetes and Epilepsy in young people

The Western Health and Social Care Trust (Western Trust) is hosting a free virtual Asthma, Diabetes, Epilepsy and awareness evening. The aim of the event, which will take place via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday, May 23, from 7pm to 8.30pm, is to ...

11 May 2023 at 13:33

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Dungiven man makes donation to children's epilepsy unit

Daryl McCloskey, from D.M.C Tyres Dungiven, is pictured here handing over a cheque for £1,150 to Nicola Moore from the Children's Epilepsy Unit in Altnagelvin Hospital. The money was raised through a car wash fundraiser and Daryl would like ...

12 Jun 2023 at 17:33

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Appeal made for Tipperary people to take the Purple Pledge for Epilepsy Ireland

Purple Day is the biggest fundraising day of the year for Epilepsy Ireland and this year, they are appealing to the people of Tipperary to support their work on Tuesday the 26th of March by taking the Purple Pledge! Epilepsy is a very ...

14 Mar 2024 at 18:33

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Mum’s non-verbal son who has up to five epileptic seizures a day faces eight-month wait for an NHS hospital appointment

A mother whose 36-year-old non-verbal son has up to five epileptic seizures a day and who needs round-the-clock care due to his disabilities has said they face waits of up to eight months to get an NHS hospital appointment. Nabila ...

25 Jun 2024 at 06:30

Folding implants that expand in the brain ‘could make epilepsy surgeries safer’

Tiny folding implants that expand in the brain after being inserted could make epilepsy operations safer and improve diagnosis for hundreds of patients undergoing surgery every year, scientists believe. A research team led by the ...

12 Aug 2024 at 00:01

Epilepsy: NHS rolls out new fibre optic therapy

Fibre optic laser therapy, which could transform the lives of people with hard-to-treat epilepsy, is being rolled out across the NHS. The treatment uses lasers to target the part of the brain that causes seizures and avoids the ...

22 Oct 2022 at 01:01

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Brendan Devenney’s charity ball raises €17,000 for three charities

The second “DV Charity Ball” held by former Donegal footballer, Brendan Devenney, in November raised €17,000 for three charity organisations. The proceeds of the fundraiser will go to Plan International, Donegal Hospice and ...

22 May 2024 at 16:33

Life

My child has been diagnosed with epilepsy – now what?

Epilepsy is one of the most common long-term conditions in childhood, affecting one child in every primary school, and five in every secondary school on average. Yet if your child is diagnosed with the neurological ...

12 Feb 2024 at 07:30

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Donegal man puts in a shift to raise the bar for Epilepsy Ireland

Epilepsy Ireland have thanked Moville man Anthony Kelly for a novel #NoBreaksWithEpilepsy fundraising challenge he completed in November. Anthony, who works in Air Emissions Testing, with Element Materials ...

13 Dec 2024 at 10:33

Scotland

Demand for more epilepsy nurses as patients face five-month waiting list

Calls have been made for more epilepsy specialist nurses (ESN) after research showed their workloads are reaching unmanageable levels, with patients waiting up to five months to be seen. Epilepsy affects ...

24 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Health

Specsavers saved my life: Opticians’ first aid saves ‘severely epileptic’ woman who had seizures during home eye exam

A woman who was left “severely epileptic” following multiple brain surgeries and whose seizures often leave her “black and blue” has said “Specsavers saved (her) life” as she had four unexpected and ...

12 May 2023 at 07:00

Local News

Donegal woman hosts fundraiser to thank Epilepsy Ireland

A Killygordon woman diagnosed with left Temporal Lobe Epilepsy is giving back to Epilepsy Ireland. Sebrena White was diagnosed in 2005 and suffered life-threatening grand mal seizures daily for ...

19 Apr 2024 at 20:33

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