1- Feature Article: Autoimmune Epilepsy - the role of inflammation - Epileptologist, Dr. Brenda Wu
2- Safety in epilepsy: medication reminder alarm
3- Shining epilepsy star: Epilepsy surgery and Mark Jones
4- How many people have epilepsy? Survey results
5- Featured Program: The New Jersey and New York Epilepsy Diet Program at the Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group
6- Epilepsy Activities in summer of 2012: Epilepsy education, Purple Knitting club, Epilepsy Spoken Word for teens, and much more. Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group patients and staff have been busy!
7- Our epilepsy specialists in New York and New Jersey were recognized for their work:
8- Stay Tuned for upcoming events in epilepsy in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut

Remembering to take your anti-epileptic medications on time, every day and at different times of the day can be especially hard when you have memory problems.  Unfortunately, memory problems and epilepsy go hand in hand very often.  Forgetting a dose of your anti-epilepsy medication can be very serious. This is one of the main reasons for break-through epileptic seizures.   And one seizure is one seizure too many because of the risks each seizure carries. In this issue we are featuring a new medical technology product that has been designed to help you remember to take your medications on time. 

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Mark Jones is this issue’s shining epilepsy star for all the help he gives to others with epilepsy by regularly sharing his experience of living with epilepsy since he was a baby and how life changed for him after having epilepsy surgery. He is tireless and always willing to speak to others about his experience with epilepsy and epilepsy surgery.

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The Epilepsy Survey results are in showing how much our voters really know about epilepsy:

More people have epilepsy than Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, and Parkinson's Disease combined. True or false?

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This brief article describes the Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group’s new Epilepsy Diet Program now available to patients with epilepsy in New Jersey and New York.

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Our Patients and the Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group were REALLY busy during the summer of 2012. Our patients have been knitting purple items preparing for November and epilepsy awareness, learning how to use computers, peach picking, and sharing their creative writings.  Our staff was out speaking about epilepsy to high school students, on Sirius Radio, and overseas in Mexico and Colombia.

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Dr. Olgica Laban Grant was awarded 2012 “Top Doctor” Recognition from Westchester Magazine.

Dr. Eric Segal attended the Dravet.org Annual conference where he was granted an interview with Dr. Dravet and his patient’s mother. 

Drs. Lorna Myers, Olga Laban-Grant, Marcelo Lancman, and Martin Lancman and Barbara Matzner had their article: PSYCHOGENIC NON-EPILEPTIC SEIZURES: PREDISPOSING FACTORS TO DIMINISHED QUALITY OF LIFE accepted for publication to Epilepsy & Behavior Journal (in press).

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Launched in 1998, Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group (NEREG) is a multi-site practice in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut that offers unique services and comprehensive care to children and adults with epilepsy. NEREG provides state-of-the-art diagnostic procedures, 24/7 patient service, highly skilled and experienced practitioners, and exceptional specialty programs designed to cover a broad range of health care needs in each epilepsy patient. NEREG consists of twenty board-certified epilepsy specialists with fellowship training in adult and childhood epilepsy, as well as many other highly skilled health care providers including pediatric/adult neurosurgeons, neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, epilepsy nurse practitioners, a specially trained nutritionist and epilepsy advocates.
Launched in 2003, Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center (MAESC) is a practice located in Bethesda, Maryland that offers neurological services and comprehensive care to children and adults. MAESC consists of six board-certified neurologists who treat epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and other neurological illnesses.