The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued new information to alert doctors and other health professionals about the increased risk of patients having suicidal thoughts and behaviours as a result of taking antiepileptic drugs for epilepsy, bipolar disorder, migraines, and other conditions. In the controlled studies, patients who took these drugs had two times [...]

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Disabled World (www.disabled-world.com) is a Montreal-based international online community for people with disabilities. The site gives people with disabilities an opportunity to share experiences and information and provide advice for the newly and life long disabled.
The owners maintain a list of well-known people with disabilities, including a list of well-known people with epilepsy. Advocates [...]

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NICHCY links to sources of information and assistance in Spanish on specific disability conditions. This page is presented here in English to help people looking for Spanish materials to share with their Spanish-speaking families. For Spanish-speaking visitors, this page completely in Spanish, is found at: www.nichcy.org/resources/sp-spdisabcond.asp
NICHCY Web Resource Page: Info in Spanish [...]

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[Links to Spanish web pages on specific disability conditions. This post is in Spanish.]
NICHCY se complace en conectarle a fuentes de información en español sobre discapacidades específicas. Presentamos esta página en español para nuestros usuarios hispanohablantes. También ofrecemos esta página de recursos en español completamente en inglés en: www.nichcy.org/resources/spdisabconditions.asp
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