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Academy News

Program Directors can register today for free training on how to teach evidence-based medicine to your residents. The AAN's Evidence-Based Medicine...

Practice

07/02

Academy Submits Comments to US House Regarding Proposed Health Care Legislation

The AAN Professional Association has submitted a comment letter to the chairs of the US House Ways and Means Committee and Energy and Commerce...

Advocacy

07/01

Call for Nominations for New Neurology Editor-in-Chief

The AAN Search Committee is requesting nominations for the position of Editor-in-Chief of Neurology® to begin July 1, 2010. While any m...

Academy News

06/24

House Democrats Release Health Care Reform Legislation

Late last week, House Democrats released their proposal for health care reform legislation, which includes a mandate and subsidies for individuals t...

Advocacy

06/23

Information You Need to Know: Medicare Private Fee for Service Plans

A Medicare Advantage Private Fee for Service Plan (PFFS) is a particular product in which the rules for participation are defined by Medicare. It is...

Medicare & Regulatory Issues

06/22

Title	Sub-section	Date
Sign Up Now for Evidence-Based Medicine Training	Practice	07/02
Academy Submits Comments to US House Regarding Proposed Health Care Legislation	Advocacy	07/01
Call for Nominations for New Neurology Editor-in-Chief	Academy News	06/24
House Democrats Release Health Care Reform Legislation	Advocacy	06/23
Information You Need to Know: Medicare Private Fee for Service Plans	Medicare & Regulatory Issues	06/22
President Obama Addresses the AMA	Advocacy	06/22
CMS Issues Scam Alert to Physicians	Medicare & Regulatory Issues	06/19
In Celebration of a Legacy: Memorial Service for Dr. Susan Spencer Announced	Academy News	06/15
Recipients of 2009 Residents and Medical Students Scholarships Announced	Education	06/12
Online ICD-9/CPT Database Now Free to Academy Members	ICD-9, CPT & E/M Coding	06/10

Recent Practice Guidelines

Title	Date
Percutaneous Device Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale for Secondary Stroke Prevention. A Call for Completion of Randomized Clinical Trials	05/2009
A Review of the Evidence for the Use of Telemedicine Within Stroke Systems of Care	05/2009
Definition and Evaluation of Transient Ischemic Attack	05/2009
Practice Parameter Update: Management issues for women with epilepsy-focus on pregnancy (an evidence-based review): Vitamin K, folic acid, blood levels, and breastfeeding	04/2009
Practice Parameter Update: Management issues for women with epilepsy-focus on pregnancy (an evidence-based review): Teratogenesis and perinatal outcomes	04/2009
Practice Parameter Update: Management issues for women with epilepsy-focus on pregnancy (an evidence-based review): Obstetrical complications and change in seizure frequency	04/2009
Guidelines for the Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals	01/2009
Guidelines for the Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage	01/2009
Practice Parameter: Evaluation of distal symmetric polyneuropathy: Role of autonomic testing, nerve biopsy, and skin biopsy (an evidence-based review)	01/2009
Practice Parameter: Evaluation of distal symmetric polyneuropathy: Role of laboratory and genetic testing (an evidence-based review)	01/2009
Full Guidelines List

AAN Blog

Libby Zion's Lesson: Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions

By Laurence Kinsella, MD, FAAN - The lesson to be learned from Libby Zion's death is that drug-drug interactions (DDI) and adverse drug events (ADE)...

Patient Safety

07/02

Title	Sub-section	Date
Libby Zion's Lesson: Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions	Patient Safety	07/02
Capitol Hill Report: Blue Dog Card Game	Capitol Hill Report	06/30
How the Academy Participates in the CPT Process	Coding & Reimbursement	06/25
Capitol Hill Report: A Billion Here, A Billion There . . .	Capitol Hill Report	06/22
Waste Not, Want Not: A Vision for Health Care in America	Quality Initiatives	06/19
Capitol Hill Report: The Public Plan Food Fight	Capitol Hill Report	06/15

Dendrite: Recent Jobs

Title	Region	Date
Neurology	North East	06/29
Neurology Cape Cod Massachusetts	North East	06/29
Neurologist-FT Phoenix VA Health Care System	West	06/29
BC/BE Neurologists Pacific Northwest	Pacific	06/25
Neurologists	North Central	06/25
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Current Science News

Title	Date
Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease influences mood (Reuters Health)	07-02-09
CPAP reduces excess death risk in stroke patients with obstructive sleep apnea (Reuters Health)	07-02-09
Deep brain stimulation may be effective in cerebral palsy-related dystonia (Reuters Health)	07-01-09
Antivirals offer no additional help over corticosteroids in Bell's palsy (Reuters Health)	07-01-09
Serum magnesium levels may affect ischemic stroke risk (Reuters Health)	06-30-09
Stimulant therapy may cut risk of psychiatric disorders in children with ADHD (Reuters Health)	06-30-09
Biogen reports 10th case of PML linked to Tysabri (Reuters Health)	06-29-09
Recent respiratory infection linked to atherothrombotic stroke (Reuters Health)	06-24-09

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Neurology in the News

Walter Cronkite, Long-Time CBS News Anchor, Reported To Have Serious Cerebrovascular Disease

Essential Tremor

Tremor is an unintentional, somewhat rhythmic, muscle movement involving to-and-fro movements (oscillations) of one or more parts of the body. Essential tremor (sometimes called benign essential tremor) is the most common of the more than 20 types of tremor. Although it may be mild and nonprogressive in some people, in others the tremor is slowly progressive, starting on one side of the body but e...