CBS 60 Minutes aired the special Epilepsy: Fighting For A Cure on 06/27/10. It is the background story on Epilepsy and explains research and new potential cures. Click here to watch the story.
Epilepsy and President Barack Obama: David Axelrod, Senior Advisor to Barack Obama is married to Susan Alexrod, President and founding member of CURE. Also, Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff is "a strong advocate of increasing federal funding for epilepsy research and epilepsy awareness and has focused specifically on funding geared towards Iraqi War veterans whose traumatic brain injuries are expected to lead to epilepsy in a large number of cases."