1- Feature Article: The Epilepsy Alliance America: a cornucopia of resources, initiatives and projects supporting those living with epilepsy and seizures.
2- Recap of our annual psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) virtual conference: Updates on PNES treatments for adults and children
3- Epilepsy Survey results: We asked our readers Have you ever been prescribed seizure rescue medications?
4- Seizure Survey results from our PNES website: Over the last many months, we have asked the visitors to www.nonepilepticseizures.com to tell us: How do they prefer their seizures be called?
5- Our epilepsy and seizures community of patients, family, friends and doctors has been busy celebrating Purple Day and meeting for the third epilepsy book club meeting.
6- Epilepsy on the Move: Stay tuned for upcoming epilepsy and seizure disorder events and news in the last half of 2023!

On April 29, the Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group hosted its 7th annual PNES conference after a three-year hiatus due to the global pandemic. There were a few differences from previous years including 1) that it was held virtually, 2) that the focus was solely on treatments, and 3) that it lasted only half a day since we have found that conferences that last all day, can wear everyone down (the presenters and the audience).  

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Epilepsy Survey results: For this issue, we asked our readers: Have you ever been prescribed seizure rescue medications? The reason we asked this question is because in our last newsletter issue, our feature article was about the administration of seizure rescue medications in schools and colleges. That led the newsletter staff to wonder how many of our readers and visitors actually know about this type of medication and have been prescribed one of these?

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Seizure Survey: For this issue, we are also publishing the responses to our survey in www.nonepilpeticseizures.com. Visitors were asked the following question: what name do you prefer be used when discussing your seizure condition?   

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Epilepsy on the move! Our community of epilepsy and seizures members is composed of patients, family members, friends and doctors. And over the past few months, our group has been especially busy!  To name but a few items, the Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group and partner, Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center continue with their Wellness in Epilepsy Program. The third virtual book club was held in May, Purple Day was celebrated, the epilepsy support group continued to meet, and the 7th annual PNES conference was held.

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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.