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Ketogenic Diet for Hard to Treat Epilepsy

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Tonya Turner, Associate Director for Clinical Services and registered dietician and nutrition specialist at the Weight Management Center at MUSC

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Laura Dority about a special dietary treatment for children with hard-to-treat forms of epilepsy.  Ms. Dority is a dietician who manages the Ketogenic Diet Program in the Pediatric Neurology division at MUSC Children’s Hospital.

Bobbi Conner has been producing and hosting public radio programs for over 30 years. She was the longtime host of the national Parents Journal public radio program. Conner has lived in the Charleston area for over twenty years.