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February 28 2012 Issue

February 28 2012 Issue

FromNeurology® Podcast


February 28 2012 Issue

FromNeurology® Podcast

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Feb 27, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

1) Fingolimod-associated macular edema and 2) Topic of the month: Paraneoplastic syndromes in neurology. 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. Mark Keegan interviews Dr. M. Tariq Bhatti about his paper on fingolimod-associated macular edema. Dr. Jennifer Fugate is reading our e-Pearl of the week about omega 3 fatty acids: Good for the brain. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Chafic Karam interviews Dr. Josep Dalmau about disease specific paraneoplastic disorders. In concluding, there is a brief statement where to find other up-to date patient information and current Patient Page. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Keegan, Bhatti, Fugate, Karam and Dalmau.Dr. Keegan serves as a Section Editor for Neurology® and as Chief Editor for eMedicine and has served as a consultant for Novartis, Bionest Parners, and the FDA.Dr. Bhatti has received consultancy fees, speaker fees or honoraria from Pfizer Inc, EMD Serono, Inc., Novartis and Bayer Schering Pharma.Dr. Fugate serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Karam serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section.Dr. Dalmau serves on the editorial board of Neurology®; receives royalties from the editorial board of Up-To-Date; has filed a patent application for the use of LGI1 as a diagnostic test; has received royalties from Athena Diagnostics, Inc. for a patent re: Ma2 autoantibody test and has patents pending re: NMDA and GABAB receptor autoantibody tests (license fee payments received from EUROIMMUN AG); and receives research support from funding from EUROIMMUN AG, the NIH/NCI, and a McKnight Neuroscience of Brain Disorders award.
Released:
Feb 27, 2012
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.