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October 8 2013 Issue

October 8 2013 Issue

FromNeurology® Podcast


October 8 2013 Issue

FromNeurology® Podcast

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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Oct 7, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

1) Cognitive speed of processing training in Parkinson disease and 2) Topic of the month: Multiple sclerosis therapy and treatment. 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. Binit Shah interviews Dr. Jerri Edwards about her paper on cognitive speed of processing training in Parkinson disease. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about stiff person syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. Jeffrey Cohen about fingolimod therapy for multiple sclerosis. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Edwards, Numis, Keegan, and Cohen.Dr. Edwards receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Keegan serves as Chief Editor of eMedicine and receives research support from Terumo BCT.Dr. Cohen received consulting fees from Novartis and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.; receives royalties from the publication of the book Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics, 4th edition; received research support from the Department of Defense and the NIH.
Released:
Oct 7, 2013
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.