Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Medscape Neurology & Neurosurgery MedPulse® News | CME | Conferences | Resource Centers | Patient Ed. | Journals & Reference | Experts & Viewpoints Discussions Join a Neurology Discussion Patient Education Find Resources For Your Patients Member Benefits Try a 30-day No Risk trial of ACP Medicine, the reference of the American College of Physicians. Evidence-based, peer-reviewed recommendations on current best practices. Learn More. Contact Us Editorial Comments MedPulse Editors neuroeditor@... Technical Support mpmailings@... Mailing Address Medscape from WebMD Attn: Email Newsletters 111 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10011 Top Stories Minocycline May Improve Stroke Outcomes Out to 24 Hours CME Beyond Tired: Recognizing and Managing Excessive Sleepiness CME Donepezil No Better than Placebo for Treatment of Agitation in AD CME The Role of Antifibrinolytics in Surgical Blood Management Increasing Health Insurance Costs Shift to Employees Feature Articles Stroke Minocycline May Improve Stroke Outcomes Out to 24 Hours Results of a randomized open-label trial suggest that the use of minocycline 6 to 24 hours after an ischemic stroke is associated with improved clinical outcomes. (Neurology. October 2, 2007;69:1404-1410.) Medscape Medical News 2007 Sleep Medicine CME Beyond Tired: Recognizing and Managing Excessive Sleepiness Sleep experts Jed Black, MD; F. Dinges, PhD, and J. Thorpy, MB, ChB, discuss the recognition and management of excessive sleepiness. Alzheimer's Disease Donepezil No Better than Placebo for Treatment of Agitation in AD Results of a randomized trial show no benefit of donepezil over placebo for the treatment of agitation among patients with Alzheimer's disease. (N Engl J Med. October 4, 2007;357:1382-1392.) Medscape Medical News 2007 Epilepsy Proposed Legislation to Prepare United States for Onslaught of War-Related Epilepsy With traumatic brain injury being the signature wound of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US government is being asked to establish 6 epilepsy centers of excellence to identify, treat, and monitor the thousands of returning veterans at risk of developing posttraumatic epilepsy. Medscape Medical News 2007 Multiple Sclerosis Use of Stem Cells for Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis Stem cells in CNS disease models are reviewed, and the advantages and disadvantages of each stem cell type for future clinical application in multiple sclerosis are discussed. Expert Rev Neurother 7(9) 2007 Pain CME/CE Optimizing Opioid Treatment for Breakthrough Pain Can you match the best analgesic agent to an individual patient's type of breakthrough pain? This program will guide you to that expertise. Avoiding Opioid Abuse While Managing Pain Lynn Webster and Beth Dove's new book looks at the struggle to balance the potential for opioid abuse against the need for compassionate analgesia. Medscape General Medicine 9(4) 2007 Other Neurology Topics A Case of Celiac Disease Mimicking Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis A patient with an apparent presentation of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis associated with gluten-sensitive enteropathy is described in this article. The patient's syndrome of progressive hemiparesis represents another neurological manifestation of celiac disease. Nat Clin Pract Neurol 3(10) 2007 CME The Role of Antifibrinolytics in Surgical Blood Management Join Drs. , Levy, Karkouti, and Young in a discussion detailing new data analyses on the use of aprotinin in the cardiac surgery setting, as presented at this month's FDA panel meeting. Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis ADEM, primarily affecting children, is often very difficult to diagnose. Learn more here. J Neurosci Nurs 39(4) 2007 Autism Spectrum Disorder -- A Linguist's Perspective: An Expert Interview With e Stillings, PhD " Impaired social competence occurs only because the child does not have language to express his wants, needs, and desires, " says a linguist with autism. How can speech therapy be the answer for ASD? Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health 2007 Recent Development in Pharmacogenomics: From Candidate Genes to Genome-wide Association Studies Recent advances in genotyping and genome-wide association studies have conclusively uncovered variants that underlie disease susceptibility and/or variability in drug response in common disorders. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 7(4) 2007 Editorials Beating Obesity Is Not Mission Impossible Dansinger, MD, Obesity Researcher at Tufts and Editor of the Clinical Nutrition & Obesity eSection at MedGenMed, explains why the trend of obesity prevalence can be reversed. Medscape General Medicine 9(4) 2007 An Internet-Based Symptom Questionnaire That Is Reliable, Valid, and Available to Psychiatrists, Neurologists, and Psychologists The availability of this comprehensive computerized symptom checklist can help to make the day-to-day practice of psychiatry, neurology, and neuropsychology more objective. Medscape General Medicine 9(4) 2007 Let the Readers Rule: Two New Ways to Hear Multiple Voices Lundberg, MD, Editor-in-Chief of Medscape General Medicine, tells of 2 new ways for you the reader to speak out. Medscape General Medicine 9(3) 2007 A Reader and Author Respond to " Who Best Cares for the Postmenopausal Woman's Comprehensive Medical and Health Needs? " A reader expands on Dr. Linn's statements by asking how and who should take care of women's multiple other medical conditions that make up the majority of their healthcare needs. Medscape General Medicine 9(4) 2007 Instant Poll Increasing Health Insurance Costs Shift to Employees A July 26 New York Times article details that due to rising health insurance costs, many employers cut benefits and shift more costs onto their workers. In exchange for paying more out-of-pocket, employees may receive a health savings or reimbursement account. Do you think such a system makes patients more or less likely to seek care? 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