Neurology® Podcast

In the first segment, Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Caterina Lapucci about her paper addressing how much periventricular lesions assist in distinguishing migraine with aura from CIS. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell focuses his interview with Sarah Karlin-Smith and Sarah Owermohle from Politico on drug pricing.

In the first segment, Dr. Derek Bauer talks with Dr. Stephan Schuele about his paper on automated seizure detection accuracy for ambulatory EEG recordings. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Nicole Chiota-McCollum focuses her interview with Dr. Kevin Barrett on the SHINE stroke trial.

Dr. Luca Bartolini discusses autoimmune encephalitis and the role of antibody testing based on a Practice Current survey run between November 2017 and May 2018.

Dr. Jeffrey Ratliff talks with Dr. Anneleen Berende about her paper on the effect of prolonged antibiotic treatment on cognitive performance in patients with Lyme borreliosis. Dr. Andrew Southerland focuses his interview with Dr. Stephen Klasko on hospitals of the future, following a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The article can be found here: https://www.statnews.com/2019/01/26/dispatch-from-davos-future-hospitals/.

This month’s Delayed Recall highlights episodes on autoimmune neurology. A segment from October 23, 2018 finds Dr. Stacey Clardy talking to Dr. Andrew McKeon about his paper on paraneoplastic neuronal intermediate filament autoimmunity. This episode concludes with an interview on a Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation paper on IgLON5 autoimmunity between Dr. Stacey Clardy and Dr. Andrew McKeon from March 27, 2018.

In the first segment, Dr. James Grogan talks with Dr. David Llewellyn about his Neurology: Clinical Practice paper on predictors of dementia misclassification when using brief cognitive assessments. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell focuses his interview with Dr. Rob M.A. de Bie on a randomized delayed-start trial of Levodopa in Parkinson’s Disease, published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The article can be found here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1809983.

1. A multicentre comparison of MOG-IgG cell based assays. 2. [What’s Trending]: the DEFUSE 3 study. In the first segment, Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Paddy Waters about his paper on a multicentre comparison of MOG-IgG cell based assays. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Andrew Southerland focuses his interview with Dr. Adam de Havenon on the DEFUSE 3 study.  CME Opportunity: Listen to this week’s Neurology Podcast and earn 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™ by answering the multiple-choice questions in the online Podcast quiz.

1. The prevalence of MS in the United States: A population-based estimate using health claims data. 2. [What’s Trending]: Neurology on the Hill and advocacy issue. In the first segment, Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Mitch Wallin about his paper examining a population-based estimate on the prevalence of MS in the United States. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell focuses his interview with Dr. Nick Johnson on Neurology on the Hill and advocacy issues. CME Opportunity: Listen to this week’s Neurology Podcast and earn 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™ by answering the multiple-choice questions in the online Podcast quiz.

1. Quality Improvement in Neurology: Universal Neurology Quality Measurement Set Executive Summary2. [What’s Trending]: The 2018 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: shaping the health of nations for centuries to come. In the first segment, Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Wayne Anderson and Dr. Justin Martello about their paper on quality improvement in neurology. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell focuses his interview with Dr. Nick Watts on health and climate change shaping the health of nations for centuries to come. DISCLOSURES: Dr. Stacey Clardy has received research support from Western Institute for Biomedical Research (WIBR). Dr. Wayne Anderson reports no disclosures. Dr. Justin Martello has received travel funding or speaker honoraria from 1) Teva, cash, (2) Abbvie, cash, (3) Lundbeck, cash and is a member of the AAN’s Quality and Safety Subcommittee. CME Opportunity: Listen to this week’s Neurology Podcast and earn 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™ by answering the multiple-choice questions in the online Podcast quiz.

1.Physical activity, common brain pathologies, and cognition in community-dwelling older adults 2. [What’s Trending]: Deep space medicine. In the first segment, Dr. Jeff Burns talks with Dr. Aron Buchman about his paper on physical activity, common brain pathologies, and cognition in community-dwelling older adults. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell focuses his interview with Dr. Alejandro Rabinstein on the medicine of deep space. Dr. Jeff Burns has served on the DSMB for three NIH-funded trials; has received honorarium and travel for speaking at an Astra-Zeneca symposium; has served on the editorial board of Journal of Alzheimer's Disease; has served as a consultant for protocol development for Stage 2 Innovations; has received commercial research support from Lilly, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Toyama Chemical Company, Merck, Biogen, AbbVie, vTv Therapeutics, Janssen, and Roche and for investigator-initiated studies from Eli Lilly and Astra-Zeneca; has received governmental research support from the National Institutes of Health; and has provided expert witness testimony in legal cases. Dr. Aron Buchman has received government research support from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Jason Crowell reports no disclosures. Dr. Alejandro Rabinstein has served as a member of the external committee for adverse event adjudication for PREVAIL trial/CAP2 registry; has served on the editorial boards of Neurology, Neurocritical Care, Stroke, CONTINUUM , and UpToDate; and has received publishing royalties from Elsevier and Oxford.