TenThingsYouDidn’tKnowAboutEpilepsy(ButYou.pptVIP

Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Epilepsy (But You Should) Daniel Friedman, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology NYU Langone Medical Center May 6, 2012 Epilepsy is a common disorder Estimated 2.2 million people with epilepsy in US (IOM report 2012) 1 in 26 people will develop epilepsy in their lifetime 0.5% of New Yorkers have epilepsy (Kelvin et al, 2006) Most common neurological disorder after migraine, stroke, Alzheimer’s (Hirtz et al 2007) More common than Parkinson’s and MS combined Lifetime burden of disease is high Onset of epilepsy is most common in infancy and in older adults Inciden