Neurology Perspectives

• More Patients, More Revenue, but Less Rush. How? Doctors may think the only way to increase revenue is to add services, do more marketing, and change their practice. But there are ways to make more money by adapting what you're already doing. Here's how.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2012
• Four Experts, 4 Opinions in Treating MS?   With a flood of new treatments and treatment data emerging, clinicians who manage MS now face difficult decisions. Dr. Mark Freedman provides guidance.
  Medscape Neurology, May 2012
• Choosing Tests Wisely? A Challenge From the ABIM Foundation Medscape interviewed ABIM president Christine Cassel, MD, about Choosing Wisely, an ABIM Foundation initiative to educate physicians and patients on recommendations for certain questionable practices.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 2012
• 18F-FDG PET for the Diagnosis of Cardiac Sarcoidosis What is the diagnostic utility of 18F-FDG PET in cardiac sarcoidosis?
  Medscape Radiology, May 2012
• Are Docs Never Not on Call? Physicians Are Talking Physicians discuss the etiquette for taking or ignoring phone calls from patients and fellow doctors when they’re not on call. Is there a definitive line between on and off duty?
  Medscape Family Medicine, May 2012
• Six Years in the Making: New Episodic Migraine Guidelines What herb has level A evidence for migraine relief? What drug is commonly underdosed? Find out as Dr. Andrew Wilner interviews Dr. David Dodick about the AAN's new migraine clinical guidelines.
  Medscape Neurology, May 2012
• Top News From AAN 2012: Slideshow Highlights from the meeting include a new guideline for the prevention of episodic migraine, more positive results with BG-12 for MS, and the IMS 3 stroke trial was halted.
  Medscape News Slideshows, May 2012
• April Cartoon Caption Winners: 'Scoping' Out a Putt April's Cartoon Caption Contest entrants found that using a stethoscope as a putter was par for the course.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2012
• The RUC's Empty Gesture In this commentary, Brian Klepper and Paul Fischer believe the recent measures by the Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) to improve the status of primary care physicians are inadequate.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 2012
• Malpractice Experiment Riles Lawyers; Legal Battle in Ohio Important legal and malpractice news that can affect physicians.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2012
• Doctors and Marriage: Should You Have a Prenup? Love is powerful, yet marriage always involves some element of risk. Can you protect your finances and your practice in the event of a divorce and still start off a marriage on the right foot?
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2012
• A Giant Step for Epilepsy   Physicians, patients, and others have reached consensus for the first time on what needs to be done to properly care for patients on the epilepsy spectrum.
  Medscape Neurology, May 2012
• Efficacy of Psychiatric vs Medical Treatments An interesting question is explored in this study: Are psychiatric drugs as beneficial for psychiatric disorders as medical drugs are for medical disorders?
  Medscape Psychiatry, May 2012
• New AMA Head on Membership, the ACA, and Medicine's Future   Dr. James Madara, of the American Medical Association, gives a candid interview on the nation's largest physician organization and whether it has any regrets about supporting the Affordable Care Act.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 2012
• Intramuscular Midazolam for Prehospital Status Epilepticus In a randomized controlled trial, intramuscular midazolam was compared with intravenous lorazepam for prehospital treatment of status epilepticus.
  Medscape Neurology, May 2012
• The Case of the Engineer With a Critical Crushing Injury Guess who this famous engineer is and his fatal diagnosis, in another historical case from this popular series.
  Medscape General Surgery, May 2012
• Closure on CLOSURE for Patent Foramen Ovale?   Is PFO closure more beneficial than medical therapy in patients with cryptogenic stroke? Dr. Mark Alberts describes the results of the CLOSURE study.
  Medscape Neurology, May 2012
• Four Upcoming Breakthroughs in Neurology? Medscape interviews AAN Science Editor José Merino, MD, on potentially impactful data presented at this year's Annual Meeting.
  Medscape Neurology, May 2012
• A Barista With Autonomic Neuropathy and Delirium A young woman presented with agitation and delirium, progressing to coma. She has a fever. What could the diagnosis be?
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, May 2012
• Sexsomnia: Clinical Analysis of an Underdiagnosed Parasomnia This clinical analysis looks at the diagnosis and treatment, as well as the legal consequences, of the sleep disorder known as sexsomnia.
  Medscape Pulmonary Medicine, May 2012