Neurology Today March 2013 Volume 13 Issue 5

March 2013 Volume 13 Issue 5
Features
do people in a persistent vegetative state have higher cognitive function? maybe not!!. - Talan, Jamie
news from the aan annual meeting: autopsied brains show seniors on beta blockers had fewer signs of dementia. - Valeo, Tom
medicare panel: too little evidence to show amyloid pet scans improve alzheimer outcomes. - Samson, Kurt
virus that causes cervical cancer linked to pediatric epilepsy. - Fitzgerald, Susan
from outer space, evidence that a trip to mars could lead to cognitive impairment. - Talan, Jamie
a handful of mutations explain most meningiomas, two new studies suggest. - Samson, Kurt
elliott mancall, md, pioneering neurologist and educator, dies at 85: founding editor of aan's continuum. - Rukovets, Olga
news from the aan annual meeting: high-altitude pilots shown to have more white matter damage than other pilots. - Moran, Mark
news from the aan annual meeting: early surgical menopause is associated with cognitive decline, study finds. - Rukovets, Olga
news from the aan annual meeting: migraine with aura is a strong contributing risk factor for cardiovascular disease. - Rukovets, Olga
Departments
film review: palme d'or-awarded 'amour' - the neurologic dying of a loved one. - Wijdicks, Eelco, MD, PhD
legal-ease: when and how to terminate the physician-patient relationship legally and ethically. - Thomsen, Teri, MD, JD
bookshelf: through the lens of a journalist - a personal journey with acute autoimmune encephalitis brain on fire: my month of madness. by susannah cahalan. 288 pages. free press 2012. - Clardy, Stacey, MD, PhD
policy watch: how health insurance exchanges will affect neurology. - Butcher, Lola
in practice: donald iverson, md: what you can do to improve your practice. - Rukovets, Olga
news from the ninds: in search of biomarkers for parkinson's disease. - Talan, Jamie