/neuro/taxonomy/term/1045/all en /neuro/article/patients/victory-over-epilepsy Thanks to The Neuro’s treatment and care, Benjamin Piette now lives a life free of epilepsy symptoms. Mon, 21 Mar 2022 17:39:50 +0000 Matthieu Santerre 5397 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/purple-day-epilepsy-march-26-259883 <p>Saturday, March 26 is Purple Day, a time to recognize the effect epilepsy has on millions of people around the world. It is estimated that 1 in a 100 people worldwide have epilepsy. Of those, one in three require surgery to prevent a lifetime of seizures.  <a href="http://www.purpleday.org/">Purple Day</a> was created in 2008 by Cassidy Megan, a girl from Nova Scotia, to get people talking about epilepsy in an effort to dispel myths and inform those with seizures that they are not alone.</p> Thu, 24 Mar 2016 14:10:38 +0000 sandra.mcpherson@Æ»¹ûÒùÔº.Ca 1953 at /neuro /neuro/andre-olivier2 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 09:50:41 +0000 iain.cook@mcgill.ca 3694 at /neuro