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Laura Beretsky

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Balancing Act

April 30, 2024 · In: Human Interest, Living with Disability

Peter Karrer’s commentary poignantly describes the challenges facing parents with uncontrollable seizures and their considerable impacts on their children.

UK Drug Shortages Impact Access to Anti-Seizure Medications

January 31, 2024 · In: Human Interest, Living with Disability, Patient Advocacy

Ongoing UK medication shortages have decreased access to anti-seizure medications, putting people with epilepsy at risk

Pillbox Can We Talk? A Medication Compliance PSA

January 27, 2023 · In: Empowerment, Living with Disability, Research

Take your anti-epilepsy medication! Researchers at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne found epilepsy patients with low medication compliance rates were eight times more likely to die of SUDEP.

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Laura Beretsky is a writer and community activist living well with epilepsy. She is looking to publish her memoir, Seizing Control, which describes the challenges of living with epilepsy and the importance of patient self-advocacy in managing a chronic illness.

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