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Valentine's Day Connected to Epilepsy

U.S. Newswire, February, 2008

Content provided in partnership with HighBeam Research

To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: Kimberli Meadows of the Epilepsy Foundation +1-301-520- 6656, kmeadows@efa.org

LANDOVER, Md., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Valentines Day is not just for lovers. The celebration in honor of the patron saint of lovers, St. Valentine, takes on greater meaning when you consider he is also the patron saint of epilepsy -- a common neurological condition that causes seizures, and affects more than 3 million children and adults in the United States, according to the Epilepsy Foundation.

Some accounts suggest St. Valentine is connected to epilepsy because the name ...

 

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