Yet, the scientific understanding and treatment of epilepsy is advancing at a rapid pace. It is crucial that families and care providers have access to reliable current information in order to manage seizures and cope with social factors that accompany them. The information is tailored for consumers and professionals and offers a multi-layered approach to accessing information, permitting users to get basic or detailed background on a topic. The Epilepsy Foundation website, which recently hosted its 1,000,000th visitor, is the premier source of comprehensive and original, medically reviewed information on the Internet for families, patients and professionals concerning seizure disorders. The site has more than 800 documents and currently hosts 100,000 visitors a month.
Visitors spend an average twelve minutes viewing information on the site.
The Epilepsy Foundation, with national offices in metropolitan Washington, D.C., and a network of affiliates throughout the nation, is the nonprofit volunteer agency devoted to research, education, advocacy, and the provision of services in the community for people with seizure disorders and their families.