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Mary Baker is President of the European Brain Council (EBC)

This title stands not, regrettably, for the President’s present state of mind or place but for the brilliant acronym of a research project called Psychosocial fActors Relevant to brAin DISorders in Europe.

Through the support of the EFNS Scientific Fellowship I had the opportunity to work between June 2011 and May 2012 in Lille, France joining the Stroke group chaired by Prof. Didier Leys. During the fellowship my research focused on the occurrence of seizures after an intracerebral haemorrhage.

In order to evaluate the EFNS Fellowship and how it was helpful to the grantees, we decided to ask the Fellowship winners 2008 to 2012 about their opinion and experiences. Altogether we sent the questionnaire to 55 Fellowship winners (Educational… Continue Reading

All e-learning activities are free-of-charge for EFNS members registered to www.efns.org! Answer all questions correctly and you will receive one hour of CME. European Journal of Neurology
Every month one article is chosen for online learning. The following articles are… Continue Reading

Balthasar Schaap is Secretary General of the European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA).

Last month I told you that the bill for brain disease in Europe is €800 billion. To reduce this burden, we need to buy better brain treatment. To make a real long-term difference, we need more research to understand, treat and prevent brain disease better. In the meantime, of course, European and national governments should support healthcare and societal policies which we already know will help, such as reducing smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity and road traffic accidents.

We are happy to inform that a list of the Symposia, Teaching Courses, Focused Workshops and Special Sessions that are scheduled for the EFNS/ENS Joint Congress of Neurology in Istanbul, Turkey - 31 May - 3 June 2014 is online.

The Teaching Course Syllabi of the EFNS 2012 Congress in Stockholm can be found online on www.efns.org. Please log in and go to the registered user area. Under “e-education” you can read the syllabi of the TCs held at the… Continue Reading

Emilio Perucca is President-Elect of ILAE (International League Against Epilepsy).

A massive study of the global burden of disease has been published in the most recent issue of the Lancet (Horton 2012). It reports the mortality, causes of death, years lived with disability and disability-adjusted life years for 291 conditions in 21 regions taking into account 67 risk factors. Between 1990 and 2010 the world population has risen from 3.7 to 6.9 billion people.

From September until November 2012 a questionnaire on how our readers like Neuropenews was online.
Unfortunately we did not get much response, i.e. only 90 persons filled in the form. Still it was interesting to see the opinion of this… Continue Reading

Professor Babro Westerholm is a Swedish Liberal People's Party politician. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2006. She was previously a member from 1988 to 1999. From the mid 1960s Westerholm was an early pioneer in the field of pharmacovigilance, also working on the early stages of the WHO Drug Dictionary and the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring.

Sherlock Holmes lived round the corner from my home at the fictitious address of 221b Baker Street. His larger than life statue nurses his traditional pipe as he greets travellers emerging from Baker Street underground station. For him evidence might be as little as a trace of mud on the soles of a suspect’s shoes. For neurologists observation may be adequate evidence for a clinical diagnosis and observational evidence may even suffice for some treatments.

Immunological features of late-onset myasthenia (LOMG) in comparison to early-onset myasthenia (EOMG).