This year London hosted an outstanding meeting of the Dystonia Europe (DE) family. People with dystonia, their loved ones, physicians, nurses, speech therapists, physiotherapists gathered to learn, teach and experience the magic of D-Days. The conference in general, was divided into two parts: patient’s experience and scientific update. Merete Avery, The President of Dystonia Europe,…
Dystonia Europe 26th Annual Conference in London 2019
The Dystonia Europe General Assembly was held on Friday 5th July, followed by a sightseeing trip and a dinner cruise on the river Thames in the afternoon. Delegates from the member countries, speakers and guests along with the The Dystonia Society board participated. DE received feedback that this was a great opportunity for the delegates…
Dystonia Session at European Academy of Neurology in Oslo
Last June EAN 2019 – the European Academy of Neurology Conference was held in Oslo. Dystonia Europe organised one of the very first sessions with live streaming – https://www.youtube.com/user/DystoniaEurope . Merete Avery, Dystonia Europe, opened the session and invited two outstanding speakers: Professor Maja Relja from Croatia and Professor Kailash Bhatia from the UK. Professor…
EAN Congress 2019 in Oslo, Norway
This was the 5th EAN (European Academy of Neurology) conference and this year it was held in Oslo or to be more precise in Lillestrøm, just outside Oslo. There were about 7000 participants, mostly from Europe but also from all around the world, at this highly Medical Conference. The participants are in majority Medical Professionals…
New Research Ventures For Musician Dystonia
Musician Dystonia is a focal task-specific variety of the disorder which affects up to two percent of musicians, both professional and amateur. This is a far greater occurrence than afflicts any other fine motor skill occupation. These “Writer’s Cramp” dystonias can strike surgeons, chefs, dentists, tailors, writers, and even professional golfers when putting. As with…
