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Dr. Jessica Ailani talks with Dr. Kathleen Digre about the recognition of symptoms, diagnostic imaging, treatment goals, and the importance of weight loss in managing IIH. Read the related article in JAMA. Read the related article in Neurology®. Disclosures can be found at Neurol ... Show More

Dr. Andy Southerland talks with Dr. Amrou Sarraj about the importance of understanding anesthesia's impact on patient outcomes, the implications for clinical practice, and future research directions in stroke treatment. Read the related article in Neurology®. Disclosures can be f ... Show More

Dr. Kiran Thakur talks with Dr. Ava Easton about the World Health Organization's technical brief on encephalitis. Read the related article in The Lancet. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. 

In this episode, we explore the use of medical cannabis in treating Parkinson's disease. We discuss a retrospective study that reveals promising results for both motor and non-motor symptoms. Could medical cannabis be the versatile solution we've been seeking for Parkinson's trea ... Show More

Dr. Jason Crowell and Dr. Colin Hoy discuss the concept of prodromal Parkinson disease and the ethical considerations surrounding its diagnosis.  Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209522  

In this week’s episode, Brain & Life Podcast co-host Dr. Katy Peters is joined by Annmarie O’Connor, a Parkinson's disease advocate, bestselling author, and fashion editor. Annmarie shares her personal journey with early-onset Parkinson's, discussing the challenges and insights s ... Show More

Dr. Jason Crowell and Dr. Campbell Le Heron discuss tips and recommendations to help improve apathy in folks with Parkinson disease. Show references:  https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209301   

Dr. Thomas Johnson sits down with host Dr. Andrew Pouw to share exciting developments in regenerative stem cell research that may one day cure glaucoma. Learn more about Dr. Johnson's work in a recent presentation he delivered on behalf of the Glaucoma Foundation, and through the ... Show More

In part two of this two-part series, Dr. Jeff Ratliff and Dr. Ron Postuma discuss how clinicians should approach serological antibody testing in patients with REM behavior disorder or other associated neurologic symptoms. Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/NXI. ... Show More

What can a doctor learn from becoming a patient? That’s what Dr. Bobby Mukkamala, a surgeon and president-elect of the American Medical Association, set his mind on when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor last year. Dr. Sanjay Gupta sits down with his old friend, before and afte ... Show More

Host Dr. Ben Young invites Drs. Roni Levin and Evan Silverstein to review the current state of amblyopia treatment, ranging from the mainstays of patching and atropine drops to novel advances such as dichoptic therapy. Below are some references regarding dichoptic therapy that we ... Show More

Bias in the way medical research is carried out means that new medicines for diseases such as cancer – as well as the tools used to diagnose patients with some conditions – are disproportionally tested on people of European heritage. This can lead to those not represented in the ... Show More

What is ROSAH syndrome and how does it affect the visual function of patients with it? Dr. Tsui discusses this with Drs. Laryssa A. Huryn and Shilpa Kodati, authors of the Ophthalmology article, “Ophthalmic manifestations of ROSAH Syndrome, an inherited NF-κB mediated autoinflamm ... Show More