http://bmctoday.net/practicalneurology/ The latest news stories from Practical Neurology. en-us Tue, 7 Sep 2010 02:26:45 GMT Tue, 7 Sep 2010 02:26:45 GMT BMCToday http://bmctoday.net/practicalneurology/2010/08/article.asp?f=critical-care-management-of-the-acute-ischemic-stroke-patient Management of the acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patient has changed tremendously over the past 20 years. With the advent of various methods of reperfusion therapy, surgical intervention and evolving neuro-protective strategies, AIS patients are incr... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/practicalneurology/2010/08/article.asp?f=critical-care-management-of-the-acute-ischemic-stroke-patient http://bmctoday.net/practicalneurology/2010/08/article.asp?f=diagnosing-and-treating-co-morbid-sleep-apnea-in-neurological-disorders Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an extremely common public health problem manifested by sleep-disordered breathing, daytime hypersomnia and poor sleep quality, adverse neurocognitive sequelae, and hypoxia. OSA occurs in about two to four per... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/practicalneurology/2010/08/article.asp?f=diagnosing-and-treating-co-morbid-sleep-apnea-in-neurological-disorders http://bmctoday.net/practicalneurology/2010/08/article.asp?f=in-the-news Recent Findings Shed Light on Causes of Headache, Patients’ ExperiencesAbnormal brain activity in migraineurs is not restricted to attacks, suggesting that the longstanding characterization of migraine as an episodic d... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/practicalneurology/2010/08/article.asp?f=in-the-news http://bmctoday.net/practicalneurology/2010/08/article.asp?f=special-report-inside-the-aed-development-process The therapeutic role of generic antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) has been an area of intense research and debate. Data suggest that concerns about the safety and efficacy of generic AEDs may be well founded. For example, one analysis of patients wit... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/practicalneurology/2010/08/article.asp?f=special-report-inside-the-aed-development-process http://bmctoday.net/practicalneurology/2010/08/article.asp?f=editors-message Much has been written about handling problem patients and employees, but little information is available to clinicians regarding the handling of problem peers. New survey results indicate that just over two thirds (69 percent) of physicians fe... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/practicalneurology/2010/08/article.asp?f=editors-message http://bmctoday.net/practicalneurology/2010/08/article.asp?f=curbside-consults-in-neurology-accompany-courtesy-with-caution Physicians are often requested to provide informal consultations with fellow doctors or lay persons. These discussions of various sorts— sometimes called “curbside consults”—may sometimes be approached reluctantly by the solici... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/practicalneurology/2010/08/article.asp?f=curbside-consults-in-neurology-accompany-courtesy-with-caution http://bmctoday.net/practicalneurology/2010/08/article.asp?f=chronic-pain-gene-located For the first time, researchers have identified a gene associated with susceptibility to chronic pain caused by nerve injury in humans. Published online in Genome Research, the study authors “identified a region of mouse chromosome 15 t... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/practicalneurology/2010/08/article.asp?f=chronic-pain-gene-located