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In our Presidents' letter of November 2013 we concluded that academic general neurology should have a future. Among the main reasons for this statement we listed the care of patients, the education of students and residents, the growing evidence for an intricate and unsuspected relationship between many diseases of the nervous system, each today still „belonging“ to separate subspecialties.

For a period of 6 months, supported by the EFNS educational fellowship, I spent an amazing and enriching period of my life at the Child Neurology Department, Hospital San Joan De Deu, Barcelona, Spain, with Dr. A. Garcia Cazorla’s research team.

We are happy to inform that a list of the Symposia, Teaching Courses, Focused Workshops, Interactive Sessions, Hands-on Courses and Special Sessions that are scheduled for the 1st EAN Congress in Berlin, Germany - 20-23 June 2015 - is online now.

During the Joint Congress of European Neurology in Istanbul 2014 you will have a splendid programme to fill your heads with the latest in neurological science and clinical practice, but it is also very important to find the time to exchange ideas and set the basis for future co-operations, working groups or simply free your mind for the next day and next session.

The EFNS Scientist Panels and ENS Subcommittees aim at coordinating different facets of clinical research and good neurological practice at European level. They will play a very important role in the European Academy of Neurology – EAN. We invited the… Continue Reading

Neuropenews asked EFNS/ENS committee members, panel chairs, speakers, .... which session one should not miss at the upcoming congress in Istanbul, June 2014. You will find the answers in the upcoming issues of Neuropenews.

After the Christmas and New Year festivities, it is time to think of the standard of care we provide for our patients on holidays and at weekends. A day of rest, Friday, Saturday or Sunday, is built into the Muslim, Jewish and Christian week.

On behalf of the German Neurological Society I am pleased to invite you to the 1st Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN), taking place in Berlin from 20 to 23 June 2015.

Call for Abstracts, Bursaries, Tournament Would you like to have the chance to perform in front of 6,000 delegates at the Joint Congress of European Neurology? Don’t miss the opportunity to present your latest research at this memorable Joint Congress … Continue Reading

Active total care of patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment. Control of pain, of other symptoms, and of psychological, social and spiritual problems is paramount. The goal of palliative care is the achievement of the best quality of life for patients and their families.

The EFNS Scientist Panels and ENS Subcommittees aim at coordinating different facets of clinical research and good neurological practice at European level. They will play a very important role in the European Academy of Neurology – EAN. We invited the… Continue Reading

Conflicts of interest (COI) in biomedical research are a matter of increasing interest, concern and debate and have led particularly over the last 10 years to a number of studies to analyse the problem and recommendations to avoid it. One of the last and most prominent recommendations is that of the Institute of Medicine in the US, in which COI were defined as follows: “a set of circumstances that creates a risk that professional judgement or actions regarding a primary interest will be unduly influenced by a secondary interest” (1).

In 2014, up to 5 scientific and up to 3 educational fellowships will be offered to support young European neurologists to carry out research projects in clinical and basic neurology. The objective is to support young and active neurologists wishing to expand their knowledge in neurology by working on scientific projects, and most of all, to study the practice of neurology in different countries, and thereby also creating new and international connections.

eBrain is calling for authors to write an eBrain case report. Would you be able to help? The case report of the month is designed as an educational item, learners will progress through a series of pages deciding how to… Continue Reading

I have had the great honor of being one of the neurologists selected by the EFNS Training and Education Committee for the 2012 Scientific Fellowship. I have spent a year in the Neurology Department of the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen, Germany.