PEOPLE with a rare seizure-causing disorder will now be able to access a cannabis-based medicine on the NHS for the first time. NHS England announced doctors would be able to prescribe Epidyolex to ...

Laura Diable, 39, one of the first patients to receive the 'cutting edge' procedure reveals the startling impact it has had on her life “GAME-CHANGING” laser therapy to prevent epileptic seizures will ...

The chronic brain disease that causes seizures currently affects around 600,000 people living in the UK The NHS has announced that it will be rolling out a new laser beam therapy this June to help ...

Epileptic teenager details his struggle to acquire medicinal cannabis for seizures A teenager is facing a return of life-threatening epileptic seizures within weeks after the NHS refused to fund his ...

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The NHS is to roll out a ‘game-changing’ new laser beam therapy next month to help reduce seizures for patients in Lancashire with epilepsy. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Lancashire ...

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Epileptic patients will soon be treated with a new 'game-changing' laser beam therapy on the NHS. Known as Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT), the treatment uses fibre-optic lasers to target ...

Tyler, pictured with mum Rebecca and sister Leah, has to wear a protective helmet For mum Rebecca, it is an unusual day when ...