Matthew’s Friends Ketogenic Dietary Therapies Autumn 2017 edition is now available to read online. To read the newsletter, please go to the Newsletters section, or click here. For enquiries regarding future Newsletter content, please contact emmamatthewsfriends.org.
Join us in raising awareness of medical ketogenic dietary therapies, where children and adults are sugar-free every day. Sugar Free for Epilepsy month – November 2018. Join our new campaign to raise awareness of Ketogenic Dietary Therapies for epilepsy and Go Sugar Free For Epilepsy in November! For more information about this fantastic new initiative, [...]
The medical ketogenic diet is now a potential treatment option for Irish patients with epilepsy which has not responded to other treatments. This national service has recently been established, supported by Matthew’s Friends Charity, in St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, led by Dr Colin Doherty, Consultant Neurologist and Laura Healy, Specialist Dietitian. From studies in adults, [...]
ITV West Country News highlight the fantastic ketogenic service at Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital. A service awaiting new referrals for drug resistant children with epilepsy. Please check out the video below to see what they had to say.
Are you part of a ketogenic diet service in the UK and Ireland? Interested in sharing some basic information about your service to compare resource allocation and help with future funding applications? If so, we’d be grateful if you could complete our questionnaire on ketogenic diet services across the UK and Ireland. Please copy and [...]
Part of Matthew’s Friends work is to attend relevant health care professional conferences and meetings to promote and share information about Ketogenic Dietary Therapies for complex epilepsy and new emerging conditions. Matthew’s Friends Clinics Specialist Dietitian - Liz Neal Matthew’s Friends Clinics Specialist Dietitian Elizabeth Neal is an invited speaker at the forthcoming [...]
Come and join us at the 13th Anniversary of the Matthew's Friends Rainbow Ball Date: 30th September 2017 Venue: Lingfield Park Racecourse Price: £65 per person Includes welcome drink and 3 course dinner. Buy Tickets
We have just released a series of video tutorials featuring Matthew's Friends patron Fay Ripley. The videos are available to view on our EKM page. > View The Videos
Our annual Christmas Giving page is launched this week to coincide with #UKCharityweek 5th-11th December! During the past year we are so very happy to have supported Ketogenic families and professionals from all of the following UK NHS centres, as well as children and adults referred to Matthew’s Friends Clinics. If you are not buying [...]
The Autumn / Winter newsletter is now available. Featured In this issue: Epilepsy Review From Global Symposium By Professor Eric Kossoff Review On The Treatment Of Brain Tumour At The Global Symposium
