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Seizures and Driving: A Roadmap for Protecting Public Health and Individual Rights
['Kevin Dennehy']
Latest news from Yale School of Medicine
A substantial amount of evidence relating to driving and seizures and the risk of motor vehicle accidents had been collected over the intervening decades.
Tolchin: Research has shown real but modest increases in the risk of motor vehicle accidents after epileptic seizures — in particular, that higher seizure frequency is associated with a higher risk of accidents.
You talked about how the risks associated with driving and seizures compares with some other public health threats.
Tolchin: I don’t think we have great numbers on the overall number of motor vehicle accidents caused by seizures.
They found that over that period there were two motor vehicle accidents associated with seizures reported in the state of Maryland.
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