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Seizing Hope: High Tech Journeys in Pediatric Epilepsy

October 3, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Please join us for a special screening of Seizing Hope: High Tech Journeys in Pediatric Epilepsy! Free admission – everyone is welcome!

Can new technology bring hope to children who have drug-resistant epilepsy?

More than 500,000 children in Canada and the USA have epilepsy. About a third of those children continue to have seizures despite taking anti-seizure medications, also known as pediatric drug resistant epilepsy (DRE). Surgery may be one option for them, but what if there is another option that is less invasive or more effective? What if new technology can bring hope to children who have DRE?