ABC's Good Morning America

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.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

ABC's Good Morning America

Consumer Alert:

This video clip from ABC's Good Morning America is about a friend of mine named Amy Detrick from Columbus, Ohio. Amy is one of my couselors at Camp Firebird each summer. She and her doctor from The Ohio State University Hospital are discussing the issue of "prescription switching".

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