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ALLERGIES

Stronger protections and support for school children with allergies and medical conditions

By Liz Wells 05 March 2026

Life-saving allergy pens must be stocked by schools for the first time under new government plans.

MEDICATION

Life-changing drug identified for children with rare epilepsy

By Liz Wells 04 March 2026

A new experimental treatment for children with a hard-to-treat form of epilepsy is safe and can reduce seizures dramatically, the findings of a UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital-led internationa...

GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY

AI-powered headset predicts epileptic seizures

By Liz Wells 05 January 2026

Scientists at Glasgow Caledonian University have developed an AI-powered headset that can predict epileptic seizures up to half an hour before they occur.

VALPROATE

Charity urges Government to act on Hughes Report recommendations

By Liz Wells 21 July 2025

Charity Epilepsy Research Institute has written to Baroness Merron, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, urging the Government to act on the recommendations made by th...

EPILEPSY

Common genetic variants linked to drug-resistant epilepsy

By Liz Wells 16 April 2025

Researchers have identified common genetic changes that might make some people with focal epilepsy - the most common type of the condition - less responsive to seizure medications, which could help...

TECHNOLOGY

AI to diagnose invisible brain abnormalities in people with epilepsy

By Liz Wells 28 February 2025

Scientists have developed an AI-powered tool that detects 64% of brain abnormalities linked to epilepsy that radiologists miss.

EPILEPSY

NHS offers 'new hope' for children with severe epilepsy

By Liz Wells 20 February 2025

Hundreds of children with severe epilepsy will be able to benefit from a groundbreaking new treatment on the NHS that could significantly reduce their seizures.

TECHNOLOGY