By Sten Fredrikson Dear Colleagues, During September 8-11, 2012 the 16th Congress of EFNS took place in Stockholm, Sweden. Before the meeting 2200 abstracts had been submitted. There were 5400 delegates from 105 countries registered at the meeting. We are… Continue Reading

Abstract: Background: Bevacizumab has recently been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for recurrent glioblastoma (GBM). However, patterns of relapse, prognosis, and outcome of further therapy after bevacizumab failure have not been studied systematically.
Methods: We identified patients… Continue Reading

Sten Grillner, President of FENS (Federation of European Neuroscience Societies)

presented by Walter Struhal, Franz Gruber, Milan Vosko, Daniel Floery, Franz Fellner, Stephanie Hödl, Klaus Böck and Gerhard Ransmayr Case presentation:
A 37-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department with a Glasgow Coma Scale 13. She had suffered a… Continue Reading

The Editors have – together with the Scientific Committee – decided that new guideline papers will be presented in the Forum of NEUROPENEWS. In the September 2012 issue of the European Journal of Neurology the new EFNS guideline paper on… Continue Reading

by Ivan Iniesta INTRODUCTION
In 2011 the widely acclaimed Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer (b. Stockholm, 1931) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature “because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality”(2). This article celebrates the… Continue Reading

by Alexandre Bisdorff The UEMS (Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes – www.uems.net) was founded in 1958 and is constituted by the national medical associations of EU member states and European Economic Area countries (as full members). Additional 4 countries have… Continue Reading

by Samyra Keus At the end of this year, the first European Physiotherapy Guideline for Parkinson’s Disease will be published, providing evidence-based recommendations for physiotherapy care in Parkinson’s disease: Why and when should patients be referred? What interventions should be… Continue Reading

I write this from London where we are hosting and enjoying a wonderful Olympics, an honour which fell to Stockholm exactly 100 years ago.

All e-learning activities are free-of-charge for EFNS members, who are 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… Continue Reading

5-7 July 2012 Novosibirsk, Russia
by Pavel Pilipenko The Teaching Course brought together leading neurologists of Germany, Russia, Greece, Czech Republic, Italy and Austria. More than 300 physicians were registered! – and that’s just only part of our participants, because… Continue Reading

by Edina Varga Thanks to the kind invitation and support of EFNS, the European Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees (EAYNT) could represent junior neurologists on the last EFNS Regional Teaching Course (RTC) in Novosibirsk, Russia.
EFNS has for the… Continue Reading

We would like to bring your attention to the following sessions: Free Teaching Course: “How do I examine…?”
Saturday, 8 September 2012 – 9.30-11.00 – Hall K1 eBrain – Special Session
Sunday, 9 September 2012 – 14.30-15.00 – Hall T6… Continue Reading

As every year, the Scientist Panels will hold their Business Meetings during the EFNS Congress to discuss their ongoing activities. The aims of the EFNS Scientist Panels are: to co-ordinate clinical research at a European level to disseminate good neurological… Continue Reading

Sunday, 9 September 2012
The Movement Disorder Society European Basal Ganglia Club:
The C. David Marsden Invited Lecture 2012
14.30-17.00 – Hall A2 EFNS-EFNA Special Session “The Good Life”
15.00-17.00 – Hall T2 EAYNT Session: European harmonisation of neurology education… Continue Reading