EAN News

The EAN GPG is seeking a Patient Advocate: a strong communicator dedicated to representing patient voices and ensuring their needs and concerns are addressed.

Our paper of the month reports the result of a trial investigating the safety and the potential efficacy of intravenous treatment with acyl-ghrelin in improving neurological outcome in patients in a coma after cardiac arrest.

Each month the EANpages editorial team reviews the scientific press for recently published papers of outstanding interest to neurologists. Here we present our selection for June 2024.

Following this year's EAN Congress, the EAN Board will appoint chairpersons to the EAN Education Committee and the EAN Programme Committee. We are calling for applications from colleagues who would be interested in taking on these important functions.

The European Academy of Neurology (EAN) hosted the latest European Brain Health Summit on 7 May, bringing together key international voices to raise awareness of brain health and provide an opportunity for dialogue and collaboration between stakeholders, this time under the title 'From managing neurological disorders to promoting Brain Health in Europe'.

EAN President, Paul Boon, reviews the recent Brain Health Summit - which saw the attendance of Queen Mathilde of the Belgians - as well as a host of other brain health related activity.

In our Paper of the Month for May, researchers traced the trajectory of Alzheimers biomarkers, for the first time employing a longitudinal design, with impressive, groundbreaking results.

Each month the EANpages editorial team reviews the scientific press for recently published papers of outstanding interest to neurologists. Here we present our selection for May 2024.

The EAN Guideline Production Group (GPG) invites EAN Scientific Panel members, EAN individual members, and EAN Guideline Task Force members to join the forthcoming EAN Guideline Workshop on Friday, 28 June at 12:00 – 17:30 EEST.

A Joint Session between SIMeGeN and EAN will be held at the Congress of the Società Italiana di Medicina di Genere nelle Neuroscienze on 9 May in Milan.

The 10th edition of the European Stroke Organisation Conference includes a Joint Session with the EAN, on Brain Care: Integrating Prevention of Common Age-Related Brain Diseases into Primary Care, on 17 May.

The European Academy of Neurology is looking for Observing Editors support the Editor-in-Chief in developing, communicating, and constantly adapting the publication strategy of the eanCampus for a two-year term.

EAN Education Committee Chair, Irena Rektorová, looks at 10 years of successful EAN educational projects and highlights some imminent application openings and deadlines.

Each month the EANpages editorial team reviews the scientific press for recently published papers of outstanding interest to neurologists. Here we present our selection for April 2024.

Our paper of the month for April is the latest work by the Global Burden of Diseases Collaborator Network, which has found that neurological conditions are the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide, with over 3.4 billion people worldwide are affected.