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Email
newsletter - August 2009
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Welcome to
the latest edition of the Epilepsy
Research UK's email newsletter. We
bring you news of our activities and
recent research advances from around
the world.
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Could epilepsy after brain injury be
prevented?
In 2007, after lengthy exploration,
researchers from Israel pinpointed a
likely cause of epilepsy after brain
injury. Now, in an exciting new study,
they have successfully prevented this
type of epilepsy in experimental models.
Learn more here |
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How can exposure to anti-epileptic drugs
in the womb affect mental functioning
in childhood?
If a woman becomes pregnant whilst taking
anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs), there are
certain risks to the unborn child that
must be considered. Researchers in the
UK and US have been looking at how exposure
to AEDs in the womb can affect mental
processing in the early years of life.
Their interim results have now been
published.
Find out more
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A new and accurate way of studying neuron function: what could this mean for epilepsy?
The brain
is made up of thousands of groups of
neurons, each with a different function.
Methods of discovering these functions
are currently highly invasive, which
limits their use considerably. Scientists
in America have developed a technique
that could potentially overcome this
problem.
Read
more here |
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Calling
all 5K Runners
Why
not sign up to support us by taking
part in one of the Big Fun Runs that
take place in 14 locations around
the UK from August - October? There
is a venue to suit everyone and entry
is open to all ages. Simply sign up
via www.bigfunrun.com
and choose us as your charity, or
contact Jo
(jo@eruk.org.uk) for further information.
Ladies can also enter the adidas 5K
Women's Challenge on 6 September,
in London's Hyde Park. £5 of your
entry fee comes direct to the charity
so sign
up today!
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Be
a clever squirrel
Donate
hidden charges on your investment
policies to Epilepsy Research UK,
at no cost to yourself, with cleversquirrel.com.
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Epilepsy Research UK Evening Lecture
2009
This
will take place on Wednesday 7 October
2009, at Sheffield United Football
Club. Our speakers, Professor Mike
Kerr, from Cardiff University and
Dr John Paul Leach, from The Walton
Centre, Liverpool, will provide the
latest information about two vital
areas of epilepsy research, and you
will be given the chance to ask questions.
Attendance is strictly by reservation,
so
click
here for further information and
details of how to reserve your place.
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Would
you like there to be a cure for epilepsy?
You
are not alone. Over 450,000 people
in the UK have epilepsy. Research
is the key to developing therapies
that could transform the lives of
those affected.
Give
now online or set up a regular
gift by standing
order
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Box 3004, London W4 4XT
Tel/Fax: (+44) (0) 20 8995 4781 • Registered Charity No. 1100394.
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