Neurology® Podcast

American Academy of Neurology
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Oct 21, 2019 • 24min

Testing Blood for Amyloid Beta-42 to Predict Future Brain Amyloidosis and Nobel Prize Winner Stanley Prusiner, pt. 2

In the first segment, Dr. Jeff Burns talks with Dr. Randall Bateman about his paper addressing how high precision plasma amyloid-β 42/40 predicts current and future brain amyloidosis. In the second part of the podcast, you'll hear the second part of an interview with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Stanley H. Prusiner. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. 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.
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Oct 14, 2019 • 25min

Clinical Management of Orthostatic Hypotension in PD and a discussion with Nobel Laureate Stanley Prusiner about his impact on neurology

In the first segment, Dr. Jeffrey Ratliff talks with Dr. Ylva Hiorth and about their paper on a 7-year prospective population-based study on orthostatic hypotension in Parkinson disease. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Stanley B. Prusiner in the first part of a two-part interview. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. 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.
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Oct 7, 2019 • 26min

Discussion of the WHO's Essential Diagnostics for Neurology and Evaluating Complement Antibody Therapy for NMO

In the first segment, Dr. Greg Day talks with Dr. Kiran Thakur and Dr. Greer Waldrop about their paper on diagnostics for neurologic disorders on the World Health Organization's essential diagnostic list. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Stacey Clardy speaks with Dr. Sean Pittock on his NEJM paper on eculizumab in aquaporin-4–positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. 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.
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Oct 1, 2019 • 53min

Drug pricing controversies (Delayed Recall October 2019)

This month's Delayed Recall highlights episodes on drug pricing controversies. Dr. Jason Crowell and Professor Robin Feldman start the show discussing "evergreening" and drug prices, which first aired on August 20th, 2019. The next segments, from September 17th and 24th, has Dr. Gordon Smith and Dr. Steve Pearson discussing updates to drug pricing in a follow-up to their earlier talk on the subject. Following this segment is one from May 27th and finds Dr. Jason Crowell talking with Dr. Brian Callaghan about rising out-of-pocket costs for commonly prescribed neurologic medications. This episode concludes with an interview on with Dr. Jason Crowell and Politico reporters Sarah Karlin-Smith and Sarah Owermohle.
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Sep 30, 2019 • 24min

Combination therapy with nusinersen and AVXS-101 in SMA type 1

In the first segment, Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. Emma Ciafaloni about her clinical/scientific note on combination therapy with nusinersen and AVXS-101 in SMA type 1. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Jason Crowell speaks with Dr. Douglas Smith on neuroimaging findings in US government personnel with possible exposure to directional phenomena in Havana, Cuba. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. 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.
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Sep 23, 2019 • 22min

MS and Vaccine Practice Guideline

In the first segment, Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Mauricio Farez about his practice guideline update summary on vaccine-preventable infections and immunization in multiple sclerosis. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Gordon Smith continues his discussion with Dr. Steve Pearson on an update on drug pricing. Their previous discussion on drug pricing was featured in two parts on January 8th and January 15th, 2019. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. 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.
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Sep 16, 2019 • 32min

Gender Equity in Neurology + Drug Pricing Update Part 1

In the first segment, Dr. Stacey Clardy talks with Dr. Julie Silver about her paper on understanding and addressing gender equity for women in neurology. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Gordon Smith focuses his discussion with Dr. Steve Pearson on an update on drug pricing. Their previous discussion on drug pricing was featured in two parts on January 8th and January 15th, 2019. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. 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.
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Sep 9, 2019 • 28min

Checkpoint Inhibitior Associated Neuropathy + Next Gen Sequencing Diagnosis of Encephalitis

In the first segment, Dr. Noah Kolb talks with Dr. Amanda Guidon about her paper on varied phenotypes and management of immune checkpoint inhibitor associated neuropathies. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Stacey Clardy focuses her discussion with Dr. Mike R. Wilson on clinical metagenomic sequencing for diagnosis of meningitis and encephalitis. Read the full NEJM article here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1803396. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. 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.
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Sep 3, 2019 • 1h 8min

AAN Annual Meeting Plenary Session Speakers (Delayed Recall September 2019)

This month's Delayed Recall highlights interviews with some of the plenary session speakers from this year's AAN Annual Meeting. We highlight talks with Dr. Jonathan Mink, Dr. Claudia Lucchinetti, Dr. Jed Hartings, Dr. Ronald Melki, and Dr. J. Paul Taylor.
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Sep 2, 2019 • 26min

Nerve Agent Poisoning Update + Brain Activity in Acute Brain Injury

In the first segment, Dr. Alex Menze talks with Dr. Jonathan Newmark about his Neurology: Clinical Practice paper that provides an update on therapy for acute nerve agent poisoning. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Andrew Schomer focuses his discussion with Dr. Jan Claassen on detection of brain activation in unresponsive patients with acute brain injury. Read the full NEJM article here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1812757. Information on managing nerve agent attack can be found here: https://ccc.apgea.army.mil/. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. No CME this week: Interviews based on articles from Neurology® Clinical Practice, Neurology® Genetics, and Neurology® Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation are excluded from the CME program.

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