Epilepsy Awareness Week 2018
Approximately 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, making it one of the most common neurological diseases globally. It impacts not only the individual patient but also the family and indirectly, the community. More than its physical burden, people living with epilepsy can be targets of prejudice. The discrimination and social stigma around epilepsy worldwide are often more difficult to overcome than the seizures themselves. Last September 3, 2018, the UP PGH Department
STRIKE OUT STROKE! Stroke Week 2018
Last August 20-27, 2018, the UP PGH Department of Neurosciences celebrated STRIKE OUT STROKE!, the department’s annual Stroke Week. The festivities commenced with the traditional ribbon cutting ceremony at the lobby of the Philippine General Hospital, graced by the presence of Dr. Epifania Collantes, newly minted World Stroke Organization committee member; Dr. Leonor Cabral-Lim, chair of the department; and Dr. Gerardo Legaspi, director of PGH; all of whom shared a few remark
XDP: Basics and Beyond
August 31, 2018 marked a historic moment in the budding narrative of a rare yet severely disabling endemic disease in the Philippines. The Philippine General Hospital (“PGH”) Department of Neurosciences, in partnership with Allergan, Innogen Pharmaceuticals, Fresubin, Medchoice Pharma, Nestle Philippines, Torrent Phamaceuticals, and Unilab-Medichem held the very first X-linked Dystonia Parkinsonism (“XDP”) Lay Forum. Patients with this disease usually hail from a small group
