Neurology® Podcast

Dr. Shuvro Roy talks with Dr. Monica T. Ly about brain lesions in former football players linked to vascular brain changes. Read the related article in Neurology. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.

Dr. Tesha Monteith talks with Dr. Cecilia Hvitfeldt Fuglsang about the effects of migraine and PIH on the risk of stroke and myocardial infarction. Read the related article in Neurology. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.

Prof. Mayowa Owolabi discusses solutions to reduce the global burden of stroke, focusing on prevention, acute care, rehabilitation, and surveillance. The challenges of hypertension control, stroke prevention, and rehabilitation are explored, along with the need for task shifting and community-based neurorehabilitation programs. The financial, psychological, and physical stress experienced by caregivers and the shortage of specialized professionals are also discussed.

Dr. Genna Waldman, an expert on psychogenic non-epileptic events (PNEE), discusses the importance of accurate diagnosis, discontinuing medications, and utilizing cognitive behavioral therapy for managing PNE. They emphasize the significance of clear communication, video EEG monitoring, and involving neurologists in follow-up care. Confidence in an accurate diagnosis is crucial for patients' disease trajectory.

Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Geoff Ling about his thoughts on rapid-fire mortar shooting and more broadly, how he goes about identifying what veterans have been exposed to and treating veterans in the clinic. They also discussed a little bit about a recently published article in the New York Times titled, "A Secret War, Strange New Wounds, and Silence from the Pentagon." Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.

Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. Elsmarieke van de Giessen and Emma Coomans about a newly FDA-approved tau-binding radiotracer [18F]flortaucipir and an accompanying visual read method to support the diagnostic process in cognitively impaired patients assessed for Alzheimer disease. Read the related article in Neurology. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.

Dr. Gordon Smith talks with Prof. Mike Lunn about the relationship between COVID-19 vaccinations and Guillain-Barré syndrome using the National Immunoglobulin Database. Read the related article in Brain. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.

Dr. Derek Stitt talks with Dr. Ali A. Habib about trends in hospital admissions and in-hospital mortality for adult patients with MG. Read the related article in Neurology. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.

Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. Benjamin N. Rome about ways to improve pharmacy benefit managers and the way they function in the system. Read the related article in The New England Journal of Medicine. Referenced in this Episode: June 2021 Neurology Recall Episode Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.

Dr. Gordon Smith talks with Dr. Haya Bishara about the association between GBS and both SARS-CoV-2 infection and the COVID-19 vaccine. Read the related article in Neurology. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.