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October 13 2015 Issue

October 13 2015 Issue

FromNeurology® Podcast


October 13 2015 Issue

FromNeurology® Podcast

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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Oct 12, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

1) Longitudinal study of normal cognition in Parkinson disease and 2) Topic of the month: Neurology Today: Recent Publications. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Matthew Barrett interviews Dr. Daniel Weintraub about his paper on studying normal cognition in Parkinson disease. Dr. Ted Burns is interviewing Mike Avery for our “What's Trending” feature of the week about things happening in the Beltway of interest to neurologists. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Steve Ringel about a Neurology Today story on the topic of uptick in cases of narcolepsy. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Barrett, Weintraub, Burns and Ringel.Dr. Barrett received research support from the Virginia Center of Alzheimer´s and Related Diseases Research Award Fund.Dr. Weintraub serves as an editorial board member of Movement Disorders Journal and Journal of Parkinson's Disease; serves on the scientific advisory boards for Pfizer, Inc, Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd., Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Merck Serono, Lundbeck Inc. UCB, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Novartis, Clintrex, LLC, Theravance Biopharma, Medivation, Inc. Non-profit-CHDI, ADCS; receives licensing fees from the University of Pennsylvania for licensing of Questionnaire for Impulsive-Compulsive Disorders in Parkinson's Disease; receives research support from Novartis, Michael J. Fox Foundation and the NIH; gave expert testimony for defense in 2012-2014 in two lawsuits related to impulse control disorders in Parkinson disease.Dr. Ted Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and has received research support for consulting activities with UCB, CSL Behring, Walgreens and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Dr. Ringel serves as editor of Neurology Today.
Released:
Oct 12, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Neurology podcast is introduced by Editor-in-Chief Robert A. Gross, MD, PhD, who discusses several highlighted articles in the current issue of Neurology®. The podcast regularly features content from Neurology® Clinical Practice, Neurology® Genetics, and Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. Opening segments include interviews with authors who summarize a current article and discuss the main findings and clinical implications for neurologists. It concludes with the Lesson of the Week, a short segment on a topic such as a laboratory technique, statistical methods, or historical neurology. Regular features also include Delayed Recall, ePearls, and What’s Trending. Podcast listeners can earn 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™ by answering the multiple-choice questions related to Neurology content in the online Podcast Quiz. (Delayed recall, Neurology® Clinical Practice, Neurology® Genetics, and Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation contents are excluded from the CME program). The exams are posted weekly on Wednesday.