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September 6 2011 Issue

September 6 2011 Issue

FromNeurology® Podcast


September 6 2011 Issue

FromNeurology® Podcast

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Sep 7, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

1) 60th anniversary editorial and 2) Topic of the month: Preventive 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. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Robert Griggs about his editorial describing his tenure as Editor for the journal. In the next segment, Dr. Stacey Clardy is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Lafora disease. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Matt Barrett interviews Dr. Renee Shellhaas about vitamin D deficiency in children with epilepsy. Next week Matt Barrett will interview Paula Rackoff about steroids and vitamin D, Calcium and osteoporosis. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns, Griggs, Clardy, and Shellhaas.Dr. Burns serves as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; performs EMG studies in his neuromuscular practice (30% effort); and has received research support from the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America and Knopp Neurosciences Inc..Dr. Griggs serves as Chair of Executive Committee of the Muscle Study Group, which receives support from pharmaceutical companies; has served on scientific advisory boards for The National Hospital Queen Square and PTC Therapeutics, Inc.; serves on the editorial boards of NeuroTherapeutics and Current Treatment Opinions in Neurology; receives royalties from the publication of Andreoli and Carpenter's Cecil Essentials of Medicine, Eighth Edition (W.B. Saunders Company, 2000, 2004, 2007, and 2010) and Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 24th Edition (Saunders, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2010, in press); and has received research support from TaroPharma and the NIH/NINDS, the FDA, and the Muscular Dystrophy Association.Dr. Clardy serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Shellhaas receives research support from the NIH, University of Michigan through the Janette Ferrantino Investigator Award 2010 and Charles Woodson Pediatric Biostatics Fund Major Award 2011, and Child Neurology Foundation, Shields Fellowship Award 2009-2011.
Released:
Sep 7, 2011
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.