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Author: Dominique Jones

Advocacy in Action: EFMN is Elevating Epilepsy as a Public Health Priority in Minnesota

- Advocacy

The Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota (EFMN) has a long and rich history of advocacy.  From our early efforts to raise awareness to our impactful policy successes—reducing license suspension time after a seizure, enacting Step Therapy Reform, passing Seizure Smart Schools legislation, and most recently, securing coverage for Seizure Detection Devices

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Use of Stimulant Medications in Children with Epilepsy and ADHD

- Clinician's Corner Research & Innovation

Douglas Heck, Ph.D.; Duluth Psychological Clinic Ann Hempel, PhD, ABPP; Pediatric Neuropsychologist, Minnesota Epilepsy Group Armantina Espinosa, MD, Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology In 2018 the International League Against Epilepsy published a review of the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in those with epilepsy (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30178479/). ADHD is a condition in which

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