Neurology® Podcast

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April 20 2010 Issue Apr 20, 2010

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Driving risk in dementia and survey results on sedation for imminently dying. 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. Russ Swerdlow interviews Dr. Don Iverson about the AAN guidelines update on driving risk in dementia. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about motor movements in brain death. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Jim Russell for our Lesson of the Week about the AAN Ethics Section survey results on sedation for the imminently dying. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns and Russell.Dr. Burns receives a stipend as Podcast Editor for Neurology®, and performs EMG studies in his neuromuscular practice (30% effort).Dr. Russell serves on the scientific advisory board for the Massachusetts Chapter of the ALS Association; and receives royalties from the publication of Neuromuscular Disorders (McGraw-Hill, 2007).

April 13 2010 Issue Apr 13, 2010

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Migraine care and principles of bioethics (part 3). 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. Jim Gordon interviews Dr. Rachel Nardin about her paper on migraine care in the United States. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about stroke with primary brain tumors. In the next part of the podcast, Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr Dan Larriviere for our Lesson of the week about principles of bioethics: respect of nonmaleficence. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Gordon, Nardin, Burns and Larriviere.Dr. Gordon has received speaker fees from the University of Washington School of Nursing for two talks.Dr. Nardin has received honoraria for lectures not funded by industry; serves on the editorial board of Muscle & Nerve; and has received royalties from publications in Up-to-date.Dr. Burns receives a stipend as Podcast Editor for Neurology®, and performs EMG studies in his neuromuscular practice (30% effort).Dr. Larriviere has received honoraria for serving on the American Association for the Advancement of Science Faculty and has received an unrestricted educational grant from Allergan, Inc.

April 6 2010 Issue Apr 07, 2010

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Poliovirus-infected macrophages in thymus and part two on evidence-based medicine. 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. Renato Bernasconi about his paper on myasthenia gravis. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about a mimic of hemicranias continua. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Michael Benatar interviews Dr. Gary Gronseth for part two on evidence-based medicine for our Lesson of the Week. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns and Gronseth.Dr. Burns receives a stipend as Podcast Editor for Neurology®, and performs EMG studies in his neuromuscular practice (30% effort).Dr. Gronseth serves as an editorial advisory board member of Neurology Now; serves on a speakers bureau for Boehringer Ingelheim; and receives honoraria from Boehringer Ingelheim and the American Academy of Neurology.

March 30 2010 Issue Mar 30, 2010

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Subdiaphragmatic visceral infarction and part one on evidence-based medicine. 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. Justin Sattin interviews Dr. Pierre Amarenco about his paper on visceral infarction in cardioembolic stroke. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about neuroimaging in paroxysmal hemicranias and SSUNCT syndrome. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Michael Benatar interviews Dr. Gary Gronseth for part one on evidence-based medicine for our Lesson of the Week. The participants had nothing to disclose except Dr. Gronseth.Dr. Gronseth serves as an editorial advisory board member of Neurology Now; serves on a speakers bureau for Boehringer Ingelheim; and receives honoraria from Boehringer Ingelheim and the American Academy of Neurology.

March 23 2010 Issue Mar 16, 2010

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Familial essential tremor and update H1N1 and risk of GBS. 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. Matt Barrett interviews Dr. Giuseppe Nicoletti about his paper on familial essential tremor. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about fibrocartilaginous embolism myelopathy. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Jim Sejvar for our Lesson of the Week about H1N1 vaccination and risk of GBS an update. The participants had nothing to disclose except Dr. Burns.Dr. Burns receives a stipend as Podcast Editor for Neurology®, and performs EMG studies in his neuromuscular practice (30% effort).

March 16 2010 Issue Mar 16, 2010

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Non-motor symptoms of Parkinson disease and improving the no-show rate in residents clinic. 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. Jeremy Lanford interviews Dr. Theresa Zesiewicz about the AAN guidelines on non-motor symptoms of Parkinson disease. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alex Menze interviews Dr. Raymond Price for our Lesson of the Week about Resident & Fellow submission on education research. The participants had nothing to disclose except Dr. Zesiewicz.Dr. Zesiewicz has received funding for travel from and served on speakers bureaus for Boehringer Ingelheim and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.; and receives research support from Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, UCLA-RAND, Teva Neuroscience, Pfizer Inc, Allergan, Inc., the National Ataxia Foundation, Friedreich's Ataxia Research Association, and from the Bill Allison Ataxia Research Center.

March 9 2010 Issue Mar 09, 2010

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Fibrillar amyloid-beta and Bioethics-beneficence. 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. Brandy Matthews interviews Dr. Susan Resnick about her paper on cognitive decline is associated with fibrillar amyloid-beta. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about the Eastchester clapping sign. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Dan Larriviere for our Lesson of the Week about principles of bioethics-beneficence. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Resnick, Matthews, Larriviere, and Burns.Dr. Resnick serves as Action Editor for Brain and Cognition; and received research support from the NIH/NIA Intramural Research Program.Dr. Matthews received honoraria for attending the AAN Annual Meeting in Seattle in 2009; and received research support from Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center, and NIA funded program from 2008 to present.Dr. Larriviere has received honoraria for serving on the American Association for the Advancement of Science Faculty; and has received an unrestricted educational grant from Allergan, Inc.Dr. Burns receives a stipend as Podcast Editor for Neurology®; and performs EMG studies in his neuromuscular practice (30% effort).

March 2 2010 Issue Mar 02, 2010

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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. Andrea Pace about his paper on cisplatin neuropathy. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about atrophy in MuSK-antibody positive myasthenia gravis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Alberto Espay interviews Dr. Joanna Jen for our Lesson of the Week about benign paroxysmal positional vertigo vs. posterior circulation stroke. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Pace, Burns and Espay. Dr. Pace has received speaker honoraria from Schering-Plough Corp. and Italfarmaco.Dr. Burns receives a stipend as Podcast Editor for Neurology®, and performs EMG studies in his neuromuscular practice (30% effort).Dr. Espay received has personal compensation as a consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim; grant support from Codman; Medtronic, Inc; Allergan, Inc.; and CleveMed, and honoraria from UCB-SCHWARZ PHARMA AG; Medtronic, Inc. and Novartis.

February 23 2010 Issue Feb 23, 2010

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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. Hans Dieter Katzberg about the AAN guidelines on treatment for muscle cramps. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about coat hanger sing in multiple sclerosis atrophy. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Beau Bruce interviews Dr. Robert Naismith for our Lesson of the Week about natalizumab (Tysabri). The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Burns and Katzberg. Dr. Burns receives a stipend as Podcast Editor for Neurology®, performs EMG studies in his neuromuscular practice (30% effort), and received compensation for a presentation on MG-QOL15, given to study investigators of eculizumab in myasthenia gravis.Dr. Katzberg has received funding for travel from the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

February 16 2010 Issue Feb 16, 2010

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