“50 percent of U.S. Vietnam War veterans with penetrating brain injuries developed epilepsy within one to 15 years post-trauma. The incidence of post-traumatic epilepsy is expected to increase among Iraq War veterans since they are exposed to more harmful explosives.”

— Brien J. Smith, director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program of the Henry Ford Hospital

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AEOF & Emmett Featured in Local Paper

March 4, 2008 – 10:51 pm

“After numerous doctor visits and failed treatments over the course of 15 months, Emmett, of Chicago’s Norwood Park community, began treatment with the anticonvulsant drug, Felbatol, and has been seizure-free since July 2007. Felbatol is a drug of last resort for epilepsy because it can cause serious side effects.”
Read the full story: http://www.emmettleyden.com

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