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Epilepsy Foundation Announces Unique Partnership Bringing Newly Published Research Findings to the Public

Washington, D.C., May 3, 2006 — The Epilepsy Foundation today announced a unique partnership with Elsevier that, for the first time, will make articles from a leading epilepsy journal freely accessible by the public as soon as the articles are published. Selected articles published in Epilepsy & Behavior will be available in their entirety on the Foundation's public website, epilepsyfoundation.org. The arrangement begins immediately with select Epilepsy & Behavior articles from recent issues presently posted on the site (www.epilepsyfoundation.org/journal). Posted reports will be archived as new articles from each issue become available.

Epilepsy Foundation President and CEO, Eric R. Hargis, said, "Families affected by epilepsy are in great need of information to comprehend and cope with the onslaught of issues that come with the condition. The Foundation's website is among the most authoritative and highly trafficked Internet sites for epilepsy and serves as an excellent channel for getting this new information directly to affected families as soon as the scientific reports are published."

According to Steven C. Schachter, MD, the journal's editor-in-chief and member of the Epilepsy Foundation Board of Directors, "Epilepsy & Behavior publishes state-of-the-art research that really matters to the lives of people with epilepsy and their families. Bringing this information directly to people affected by seizures and the behavioral and cognitive issues associated with epilepsy will have a tremendous impact on improving their lives."

"I believe this is the first time that current publications from a medical journal will be made available in their entirety to the public, which has been clamoring for this kind of access," Schachter said. "I am proud that both Elsevier and the Epilepsy Foundation have demonstrated a commitment to public access of published medical information. My hope is that other medical journals will follow their example."

Epilepsy & Behavior, published by Elsevier is a peer-reviewed international journal providing the findings of research in all aspects of epilepsy and behavior.  Epilepsy & Behavior was selected as the best new medical and science journal in 2000 by the Association of American Publishers. Elsevier's publishing editor, Hilary Rowe, said, "We are honored to be part of this unique collaboration which will allow epilepsy patients and their families around the world to benefit directly from this important and primary research."

About the Epilepsy Foundation

The Epilepsy Foundation, a national voluntary health organization, established in 1967, works to ensure that people with seizures are able to participate in all life experiences. In addition to programs provided by the metropolitan Washington, DC based national office, people with seizures and their families are served throughout the country by 54 affiliated local Epilepsy Foundations. The organization's goals are to reduce the treatment gap between what can be done for people with epilepsy and what gets done; to improve how people with epilepsy are perceived, accepted and valued in society; and to promote a global epilepsy research agenda so not another moment is lost to seizures.

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the global science and health communities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees in over 70 offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such as ScienceDirect, MD Consult, Scopus, bibliographic databases, and online reference works. Elsevier is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc.