Prof. Gunhild Waldemar (GW): Geriatric medicine has become very important in our fast ageing European population.I invite you to introduce the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society – EUGMS of which you are the president to the EANpages readership. Can you please explain to the readers of the EAN Pages what the EUGMS stands for and what its objectives and aims are? Prof. Stefania Maggi (SM): The European Union Geriatric Medicine Society, EUGMS, is the collaborating and co-ordinating organisation of the national geriatric medical societies of the European Union member states, but also includes Norway, Switzerland and Iceland. The EUGMS’ mission is to develop geriatric medicine in all member states as a recognised independent medical specialty, contributing to the care of all older people with age related diseases.

For October 2017, we have selected: Andersen G, Hedermann G, Witting N, Duno M, Andersen H, Vissing J. The antimyotonic effect of lamotrigine in non-dystrophic myotonias: a double-blind randomized study. Brain 2017;140:2295-2305. Patients with myotonia congenita and paramyotonia congenita can be disabled by the myotonic phenomenon in the activities of daily living, with a huge impact on their quality of life.

We are delighted to inform that our media partner touchNEUROLOGY has produced the following Interviews during the EAN congress 2017 in Amsterdam: EAN 2017 Peter Goadsby Interview about premonitory-like symptomatology in migraine, EAN 2017 Patrick Vermersch Interview on teriflunomide’s role… Continue Reading

  SP Pain met during recent EAN Congress in Amsterdam. Co-chair Nadine Attal from France welcomed members and presented last year panel’s activities. Last year was successful. SP Pain co-chairs Nadine Attal and Giorgio Cruccu had, together with members of… Continue Reading

  SP Neurotraumatology met during recent EAN Congress in Amsterdam. Co-chairs Pieter Vos from the Netherlands and Oliver Kastrup from Germany welcomed members and introduced Dafin Muresanu from Romania, as a new liaison officer between the scientific committee and scientific… Continue Reading

The new CME article September 2017: “Glycemia in Acute Stroke II study: a call to improve post-stroke hyperglycemia management in clinical practice” is online now! Please log-in and browse to the LEARN section on the EAN Website and answer the… Continue Reading

With great gratitude and pleasure I report back about the RTC which took place in Odessa 27-29 April 2017. First of all, I would like to thanks the European Academy of Neurology, Head office Julia Mayer, Eveline Sipido, the EAN… Continue Reading

The European Headache Alliance is a non-profit, patient umbrella group which was launched in 2006. Since then, the Alliance has grown to represent 25 migraine, cluster and other headache disorder patient groups from across the continent. EHA was created to speak on behalf of and to advocate for the rights and needs of the 80 million people in Europe living with a headache disorder.

The 9th exam of the European Board of Neurology took place in Amsterdam on June 23rd last, one day before the start of the 3rd EAN congress.

Title of the project: “Delineating the molecular mechanisms of mitochondrial DNA disease: clinical and pathological studies”