Neurology Minute

Dr. Rae Bacharach shares information about the AAN's upcoming Annual Meeting. Registration information here: https://www.aan.com/events/annual-meeting  

Dr. Keng Lam discusses surfer's myelopathy.

Professor Bart Jacobs discusses the paper, "Predicting Outcome in Guillain-Barré Syndrome: International Validation of the Modified Erasmus GBS Outcome Score". Show references: https://n.neurology.org/content/98/5/e518

Dr. Jason Crowell discusses the paper, "Gender Discrepancies in Neurologist Compensation." Show references: https://n.neurology.org/content/early/2022/01/20/WNL.0000000000013281    

Dr. Virkram Karnik discusses the management of sialorrhea in patients with neurological disorders. 

Dan Xia, a premed student, discusses Kuru Disease. Show references: Kuru, the First Human Prion Disease The Epidemiology of Kuru: Monitoring the Epidemic from its Peak to its end Cannibalism, Kuru, and Anthropology

Dr. Raymond Price discusses the updated AAN Practice Guideline: Oral and Topical Treatment of Painful Diabetic Polyneuropathy.  Show references: https://n.neurology.org/content/98/1/31  

New York Times writer, Pam Belluck, discusses her article, "Medicare Proposes to Sharply Limit Coverage of the Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm". Show references: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/11/health/aduhelm-medicare-alzheimers.html

Dr. Halley Alexander discusses the Neurology Today article, "Hypertension Is an Associated Risk Factor for Late-Onset Epilepsy" Show references: https://journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/blog/breakingnews/pages/post.aspx?PostID=1169

Dr. Richard Lipton discusses the most bothersome symptom of migraines.

Dr. Michael Jaffee discusses the December Continuum issue on Behavioral Neurology and Psychiatry.

Dr. Winston Chiong discusses the new AAN Position Statement on ethical considerations in the use of aducanumab for patients with Alzheimer disease.

Dr. Tamara Pringsheim and Wall Street Journal columnist Julie Jargon discuss the increased incidence of teen girls presenting with physical tics and the potential association of exposure to TikTok videos on Tourette syndrome and functional neurologic disorder (FND). Show references: https://www.wsj.com/articles/teen-girls-are-developing-tics-doctors-say-tiktok-could-be-a-factor-11634389201?st=k9bp6hvv3buucp4&reflink=article_imessage_share  

In part 2 of a 2 part series, John B. Williamson, Ph.D., discusses his article, "Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Anxiety-Related Conditions" from the December Behavioral Neurology and Psychiatry Continuum issue. This article and the accompanying Continuum Audio interview are available to subscribers at continpub.com/posttraum.

In part 1 of a 2 part series, John B. Williamson, Ph.D., discusses his article, "Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Anxiety-Related Conditions" from the December Behavioral Neurology and Psychiatry Continuum issue. This article and the accompanying Continuum Audio interview are available to subscribers at continpub.com/posttraum.

Dr. Marius Kløvgaard discusses the utility of a new systematic classification of epilepsy-related mortality used in a nationwide cohort study of children and young adults in Denmark.

Dr. Gaspard Gerschenfeld about the efficacy and safety of IV thrombolysis with tenecteplase before thrombectomy in patients with large vessel occlusion strokes.

In part 5 of a 5 part series, Dr. Vikram Karnik discusses the approach to adult-onset chorea.

In part 4 of a 5 part series, Dr. Vikram Karnik discusses the approach to adult-onset chorea.