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Dear all,

Please see below the latest update from the Neurological Conditions Specialist Library.  If you are unable to view this correctly or would prefer to view it online, please follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/45gfkt

Welcome to the NCSL March 2009 update

This bulletin aims to update you on:

• Interesting items recently added to the library
• The latest journal articles as highlighted by our Clinical Lead and Topic Advisors
• Upcoming events of interest
• What the project team are currently doing

Recent additions

Below is a selection from several recent additions to the website:

Strategy documents

• National Dementia Strategy and associated documents
• National Stroke Strategy and associated documents

Guidelines

• British Orthopaedic Association Standards for Trauma (BOAST):

Spinal clearance in the trauma patient

• NICE

Functional electrical stimulation for drop foot of central neurological origin

• British Pain Society:

Intrathecal drug delivery for the management of pain and spasticity in adults; recommendations for best clinical practice

Clinical Knowledge Summaries

• Head injury
• Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome
• Stroke and transient ischaemic attack

E-learning modules

• Dementia: diagnosis and assessment
• Epilepsy
• Parkinson's disease - initial assessment and referral
• Stroke: a guide to diagnosis and assessing severity

Behind the Headlines

• Stem cells 'reverse' MS
• Passive smoke and dementia
• Liver target for Alzheimer's

Full list of items added in February

Our Editor’s Picks

The following items have been selected as highlights by our Topic Advisors:

• A neurologist's guide to genome-wide association studies
• Overview of the Extranigral Aspects of Parkinson Disease
• The vascular theory of migraine - a great story wrecked by the facts
• Vascular risk factors and dementia: how to move forward?

Forthcoming Events

Below is a selection of forthcoming events for March and April. See all forthcoming events here. If you have an event you would like us to highlight in the NCSL, please contact us.

March 2009

11^th – 15^th: 9th International Conference on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases (Prague, Czech Republic)

15^th – 19th: 4th Fred J. Epstein International Symposium on New Horizons in Pediatric Neurology, Neurosurgery and Neurofibromatosis (Eilat, Israel)

20^th: Understanding migraine and other headaches - A one day study day for nursing staff (Glasgow)

April 2009

2^nd: MS Trust study day (Cardiff, Wales)

17^th: 2nd UKNG education/update/state of the art session (London)

20^th – 26^th: Parkinson's Awareness Week (Nationwide)

Contact us

Please contact us if you have any suggestions or comments about the Library or this newsletter.