Bounty for Dementia Dx, Fatigue Model

Published: Nov 25, 2014

By John Gever, Managing Editor, MedPage Today

A proposal to pay British doctors £55 ($86) for each new diagnosis of dementia they record -- in essence, a bounty system -- is drawing fire.

An improved mouse model of fatigue could benefit patients with multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, and a host of other "primary" diagnoses.

Antidepressants slowed progression of nonmotor Parkinson's disease symptoms, a study in JAMA Neurology indicated.

PhD student Sara Adaes explores the mystery of left-handedness at Brain Blogger.

Also on that site, Jennifer Gibson, PharmD, reviews a study showing that the dorsal attention network and the default network may be more cooperative than competitive.

A new paper finds that many studies purportedly connecting behaviors to brain scan results can't be replicated.

The American Academy of Neurology is pleased that a key ally on Capitol Hill, Sen. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), will be the ranking member on the Senate Energy and Commerce Committee. Another AAN friend, Rep. Ami Bera, MD, (D-Calif.), won a come-from-behind re-election victory.

Aurobindo Pharma USA is recalling one lot of generic 300-mg gabapentin capsules after discovering some of them were empty.