Pulse

Briefs

Bicycling is therapy for Parkinson's patients, exercise for brain health.

 

Wired Well

Pacemaker-like devices once used primarily for Parkinson's patients are now being considered for epilepsy, depression, and other conditions.

 

The MS Lesion Project

A Mayo Clinic researcher is leading an international initiative to better understand multiple sclerosis.

 

Getting with the Program

Companies are developing products to help aging baby boomers preserve cognitive function. Are they worth the price?

 

End Notes

Aphasia

A poem by Erik K. St. Louis, M.D.

 

 

Table of Contents | May 2010

Cover Story

A Neurologist's Legacy

How A.B. Baker helped make Minnesota a national player in neurology.

By Kate Ledger

 

Face to Face

Living Laboratory

Retired neurologist Terrance Capistrant is living well with Parkinson's disease--and teaching others to do the same.

By Kim Kiser

 

Clinical and Health Affairs

Migraine Update: Diagnosis and Treatment

By J.D. Bartleson, M.D., and Michael Cutrer, M.D.
 

Myofascial Trigger Points: What Physicians Should Know about these Neurological Imitators

By Jack E. Hubbard, Ph.D., M.D.
 

Caring for the Patient with Seizures: A 21st Century Approach

By Robert J. Gumnit, M.D.

 

Editor's Note

Medicine’s Magicians

 

Book Review

Brain Insight

Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor unevenly shares her experience as a stroke patient.

Book review by Charles R. Meyer, M.D.

 

MMA Viewpoint

Litmus for Reform

 

MMA News Now

MMA Supports New GAMC Plan
Sign Up to Stop the Medicare Meltdown
Minnesota Launches POLST
It's All About Relationships

 

Tracking Reform

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