Neurology® Podcast

1) Bell's palsy and 2) Topic of the month: Encephalopathy caused by systemic disease. 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. Elliot Dimberg interviews Dr. Gary Gronseth about the guideline update on Bell's palsy. Dr. Stacey Clardy is reading our e-Pearl of the week about catathrenia (sleep related groaning). In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Drs. Steven Lewis and Allison Weathers about encephalopathy caused by other organ failure. 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. Gronseth, Clardy, Burns, Lewis and Weathers.Dr. Gronseth serves on the editorial board of Neurology Now; received speakers' fees from Boehringer Ingelheim (resigned December 2011) and receives research support from the American Academy