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April 18 2017 Issue

April 18 2017 Issue

FromNeurology® Podcast


April 18 2017 Issue

FromNeurology® Podcast

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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Apr 24, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Show description/summary:1) Epidemiology and Prognosis of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Returning Soldiers: A Cohort Study2) What's Trending: Alemtuzumab treatment and multiple sclerosisThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the April 18, 2017 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Michael Jaffee talks with Dr. Karen Schwab about her paper on mild traumatic brain injury in returning soldiers. For our “What's Trending” feature of the week, Dr. Mark Keegan talks with Dr. Gavin Giovannoni about his paper on alemtuzumab treatment and multiple sclerosis. For more information on traumatic brain injury services for active duty military and veterans, please visit the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center website at http://dvbic.dcoe.mil. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Jaffee serves on the scientific advisory board for Neurohabitation, Inc., and has received research support from the Florida State Department of Elderly Affairs.Dr. Schwab receives research support from Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (Grant #W81XWH-08-2-0105).Dr. Keegan serves on the editorial board for Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; served as eMedicine Chief Editor from 2009 to 2015; receives publishing royalties for Common Pitfalls in Multiple Sclerosis and CNS Demyelinating Diseases: Case-Based Learning (Cambridge University Press 2016); consults for Novartis, Bristol Meyers Squibb, and Bionest; and received research support from Biogen for the ARISE study.Dr. Giovannoni consulted and served on scientific advisory boards for Biogen-Idec, Fiveprime, Genzyme, GW Pharma, Ironwood, Merck-Serono, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, Synthon BV, Teva, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Abbvie, and Canbex; receives speaker honoraria from Biogen-Idec, Genzyme, GW Pharma, Merck-Serono, Novartis, Roche, and Teva Pharmaceuticals; serves as an editor for Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders; served on speaker's bureaus for Novartis and Teva; and received research support from Genzyme and Merck.
Released:
Apr 24, 2017
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.