Neuro Notes

• Woes Continue for Those Seeking Multistate Medical Licenses Dr Andrew Wilner on the obstacles surrounding multistate licensing, and how the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact is a small step toward surmounting them.
  Medscape Neurology, March 2019
• Remembering Ricky: Losing a Friend to Suicide Neurologist Dr Andrew Wilner remembers a good friend who took his own life and discusses the staggering suicide rate in the United States.
  Medscape Neurology, February 2019
• Thrombectomy's Practice-Changing Implications in Stroke Dr Andrew Wilner speaks with Dr Marc Malkoff about how this innovative surgery is upending the management of acute stroke.
  Medscape Neurology, January 2019
• Does a Patient's Blurry Vision Signal a Serious Condition? Can you order the right diagnostic tests to determine what's causing the woman's optic neuritis?
  Medscape Neurology, December 2018
• How to Know When It's Autoimmune Epilepsy A conversation between Drs Andrew Wilner and Batool Kirmani on the red flags your patient may have this difficult-to-diagnosis condition.
  Medscape Neurology, December 2018
• Deteriorating Cognition 5 Weeks After a Heroin Overdose: A Case A 32-year-old woman with a history of opioid abuse presents with increasing confusion after a recent overdose. Can you diagnose her?
  Medscape Neurology, October 2018
• When Patients Demand Unnecessary Medical Tests A neurologist and a bioethicist discuss how to approach patients asking for 'unnecessary' tests and procedures.
  Medscape Neurology, September 2018
• Working Outside the Box: Alternative Careers for Doctors Amid an epidemic of burnout, Dr Andrew Wilner presents alternative careers for physicians.
  Medscape Neurology, August 2018
• Art, Medicine, Edema Amid a complex of scattered, drab constructions, Dr Andrew Wilner encourages physicians to appreciate the artful side of healthcare.
  Medscape Neurology, April 2018
• Diagnosing Autism in Newborns: The 'Wave' of the Future?   Changes in ABR wave patterns can predict autism risk in most babies. Oren Miron talks about this research and his hopes for the future.
  Medscape Neurology, April 2018
• Self-driving Cars: Perfect Prescription for Aging Patients? Dr Andrew Wilner on how this driverless technology may soon become neurologists' newest friend.
  Medscape Neurology, January 2018
• Peer Review: Work or Hobby? Dr Andrew Wilner asks whether busy clinicians should receive compensation for participating in peer review.
  Medscape Neurology, November 2017
• A Tale of Two Patients: A Prion Disease 30 Years Later Dr Andrew Wilner compares two patients with Creutzfeld-Jakob disease and looks at how knowledge has changed around prion disorders.
  Medscape Neurology, September 2017
• Being a Neurointensivist Neurointensivist Dr Tenbit Emiru talks about what attracts her to this subspecialty and what it entails on a day-to-day basis.
  Medscape Neurology, September 2017
• Seeking Clarity Around Craniotomy A new meta-analysis seeks to lend clarity to the discussion of this controversial treatment, says stroke specialist Christopher Streib.
  Medscape Neurology, August 2017
• Managing Pregnant Patients With Multiple Sclerosis   Neurologist Dr Maria Houtchens discusses management approaches to pregnant patients with multiple sclerosis.
  Medscape Neurology, June 2017
• When Drugs and Surgery Don't Work, an Option in Epilepsy   Dr Wilner and epileptologist Dr Jobst discuss two recent studies reporting favorable results of neurostimulation in patients with intractable epilepsy.
  Medscape Neurology, June 2017
• When Patients Refuse Lifesaving Care A neurologist and bioethicist discuss the ethical and financial quandary of patients who refuse lifesaving care.
  Medscape Neurology, June 2017
• More Than Ever, Doctors Need More Time to Learn Faced with back-to-back appointments, and with barely any time for lunch, Dr Andrew Wilner feels that doctors need more time to stay up-to-date.
  Medscape Neurology, May 2017
• Enhancing the Effectiveness of Medical Missions   Dr Wilner and Dr Loh discuss approaches to optimizing the value of medical missions through local partnership and the organization 53rd Week.
  Medscape Neurology, March 2017