Episodios

  • Novel PET radiotracer, GLP-1s and dementia risk, green space benefits
    Oct 16 2025

    In this episode, editor in chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles about a PET radiotracer that shows intranasally delivered insulin enters the brain, GLP-1s and dementia risk in people with Type 2 diabetes, and how exposure to green space may reduce the risk of neurodevelopmental delays in children.

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  • Pegivirus' role in Parkinson's disease, GLP-1s and idiopathic intracranial hypertension, geographic spread of epilepsy specialists
    Oct 2 2025

    In this episode, editor in chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles about pegivirus's potential role in Parkinson's disease pathology, the impact of GLP-1 receptor agonistst on idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and the geographic spread of epilepsy specialists.

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  • Food deserts and stroke risk, physical activity in Parkinson's disease, rimegepant for migraine
    Sep 18 2025

    In this episode, editor in chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles about the relationship between income, "food deserts," and stroke risk; why staying active may reduce cognitive decline in patients with Parkinson's disease; and how initiating rimegepant for migraine could help reduce opioid and butalbital use.

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  • Parkinson's and dementia with Lewy bodies blood test, CAR T-cell therapy for glioblastoma, wireless EEG
    Sep 4 2025

    In this episode, editor in chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles about a promising blood test to distinguish Parkinson's disease from dementia with Lewy bodies, how CAR T-cell therapies are showing potential for patients with glioblastoma, and a new wireless electroencephalogram device that can even monitor young children with epilepsy.

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  • Small fiber neuropathy, Dr. Merit Cudkowicz, work-life balance for families of neurologists
    Aug 21 2025

    In this episode, editor in chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles about whether small fiber neuropathy is an autoimmune disorder; Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc, FAAN, recipient of this year's AAN Lifetime Achievement Award for Clinically Relevant Research; and how neurologist couples pursue work-life balance.

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  • Divisive treatment for cluster headache, head positioning before thrombectomy, new series, "Neurology in America"
    Aug 7 2025

    In this episode, editor in chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles about eptinezumab, a treatment for episodic cluster headache; how positioning the head flat before a thrombectomy benefited patients with large vessel occlusion stroke; and what rural neurology looks like in 2025, the first story in our new series, Neurology in America.

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  • New treatment for giant-cell arteritis, links between oral and brain health, an emerging meningitis B vaccine
    Jul 17 2025

    In this episode, editor-in-chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles about upadacitinib, a new treatment for giant-cell arteritis; growing evidence linking oral health to a higher risk of neurologic conditions; and why a trial of a new meningitis B vaccine drew a mixed response.

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  • Telomere length and and risk for neurologic disorders, impact of research cuts on promotion/tenure, herpes zoster vaccine and dementia
    Jul 3 2025

    In this episode, editor-in-chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles on the association of shortened telomeres on risk for stroke, late-life depression and dementia; affect of research funding cuts on tenure/promotion opportunities; and herpes zoster vaccine and reduced dementia risk.

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