Epilepsy
This month serves as the National Epilepsy Awareness Month.
What is November?
This military decoration is awarded to soldiers who are wounded or killed while serving
What is a Purple Heart?
Veterans Day was originally known as this day
What is Armistice Day?
This insurer-preferred protocol requires individuals to try and fail one or more medications before receiving the medication originally prescribed by a provider
What is step therapy?
In this article, the Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, Congress, and gives it the power to make laws
What is Article 1?
This now popular diet was originally introduced in the 1920s to treat epilepsy
What is the ketogenic diet?
The color purple is often viewed by various cultures as a symbol of this
What is royalty?
In this year Congress changed the name of the holiday from Armistice Day to Veterans Day
What is 1954?
The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) was signed into law in this year.
What is 2008?
The term for the lower house of Congress comprised 435 voting members.
What is the House of Representatives?
This FDA-approved drug was the first-ever cannabidiol-derived treatment for rare and severe forms of epilepsy
What is Epidiolex?
This Purple Rain singer was born with epilepsy and had seizures as a child
Who is Prince?
This leading form of injury or head trauma in service people can cause seizures and may lead to an epilepsy diagnosis
What is a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)?
Within this federal agency, there are several institutes that fund epilepsy-related research and initiatives
What is the NIH (National Institutes of Health)?
This number of members serves in the Senate
What is 100?
This tool is used to measure the electrical activity of the brain and diagnose conditions such as epilepsy
What is an EEG (electroencephalogram)?
The word for purple comes from this language's word for porphura
What is Greek?
This president proclaimed the first Armistice Day on November 11, 1919
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This federal agency houses the only public health program specifically related to epilepsy with a national scope and community programs
What is the CDC (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)?
This role aligns party members around a shared legislative agenda in both the Senate and House
What is a whip?
This Senator from Missouri is one of the Congressional Epilepsy Caucus co-chairs.
Who is Senator Eric Schmitt?
Originally purple dye came from this exceedingly rare species
What are sea snails (Bolinus brandaris)?
There are 19 of these specialized centers across the country for Veterans with epilepsy
What are VA Epilepsy Centers of Excellence?
This President signed into law the bill that created Medicare and Medicaid
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This Senator from Minnesota is the other co-chair of the Congressional Epilepsy Caucus.
Who is Senator Amy Klobuchar?