epilepsy

She didn't know the new drug she'd been prescribed - which is used to treat epilepsy and migraine - could cause rapid weight loss, nor that it should have been monitored by her GP.

Coroner Kerrie Burge said there was no evidence that Anna, who had a history of childhood epilepsy, had a seizure at any time and concluded she died following immersion in water.

Tomas Cozens, 25, is one of about 20,000 people who were left disabled at birth by epilepsy medicine which was given to pregnant women.

Ms Rannigan suffers from epilepsy and said she was surprised that there were no strobe light/flash warnings either verbally or on signage.

Scientists subsequently have discovered genetic mutations that cause some of the most severe forms of epilepsy.