Current Clinical Trials for Epilepsy

Know The Facts:

More than 2.7 million people in the United States and 40 million worldwide have some form of epilepsy. In Central Ohio over 35,000 people have this disorder. A large number of children and adults have undetected or untreated epilepsy.

One in every 10 Americans will have at least one seizure in their lives, though in most cases they do not actually develop epilepsy. Nonetheless about 200,000 cases of epilepsy are diagnosed nationwide every year. Approximately 1 to 2 percent of the population has epilepsy/seizure disorders.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Current Clinical Trials for Epilepsy

According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the current clinical trials for epilepsy can be found on this website:

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=epilepsy&pg=1

Clinical trials are very important to find a cure and treatments for epilepsy.