The Neurology Lounge

Category: GENERAL

  • 100 recently updated neurology checklists

    As part of our process of continuously keeping the Neurochecklists database current, please see below some of our almost 3,700 checklists that we recently updated. The revision used the latest in the neurology literature which you will find in the detailed references accompanying each checklist. Aadrenoleukodystrophy (ALD): management Agrypnia excitata…

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  • Episode 77. Guillain Barre Syndrome with Holly Frances – Author of Life Support

    I am joined in this podcast by Holly Frances to discuss her experience of Guillain Barre syndrome as she narrated in her illness memoir titled Life Support: Surviving Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Holly is a mother in a blended family of five, and the face behind Holly After GBS on social media,…

  • Episode 74. Torment – The Ferocious Agony of Cluster Headache

    In this episode I explore the unbearable headache disorder that is cluster headache. The podcast revolves around the risk factors and causes of cluster headache, and the triggers for the attacks. It also reviews the characteristic features of the headache, and its typical accompanying cranial autonomic and behavioural symptoms. I…

  • Episode 73. 10 Migraine Variants That Make It Such a Strange Disorder

    In this short podcast, I count down 10 unusual variants of migraine which illustrate the challenging diversity of what is otherwise a common and well-recognised disease.     Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/–TRIRCaJ3s   Listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/13KAxREWStpJGDlk2wiRdP Listen to it on RSS feed: https://rss.com/podcasts/theneurologylounge/1952196/   Listen to…

  • Episode 72. Mass Psychogenic Illness with Robert Baloh– Author of Medically Unexplained Symptoms

    In this episode I am in conversation with Dr Robert Baloh to explore his insightful perspective of mass psychogenic illness specifically, and functional neurological disorders generally. Our conversation explored the general principles of medically unexplained symptoms and why most people have symptoms but only in some do these progress to…

  • Episode 71. Frenzy – The Turmoil of Mass Psychogenic Illness

    In this podcast, I explore the theme of mass hysteria or mass psychogenic illness. I discuss the triggers, the clinical manifestations, and the management. I use a global perspective and narrate examples of mass hysteria manifesting in different parts of the world. These included hysterical outbreaks of toxic gas anxiety…

  • 100 cutting-edge neurology papers and their accompanying checklists

    The update season continues at Neurochecklists, and below are 100 more examples of checklists that we recently updated, along with the recent neurology papers that drove the updates:     1. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: INVESTIGATIONAL TREATMENTS Ayton S, Barton D, Brew B, et al. Deferiprone in Alzheimer disease: a randomized clinical…

  • Episode 70. FND with Robert Wilson Thomas – Author of FND: Lessons form a Rather Eventful Life

    I am joined in this episode by Robert Wilson Thomas to discuss his diverse perspectives of functional neurological disorder. This includes his experience as a patient, as narrated in his illness memoir FND: Lessons form a Rather Eventful Life, and his insights as an advocate for the disorder. Our discussion…

  • Episode 68. 10 Dementias that are Potentially Reversible

    In this brief podcast, I explore 10 reversible neurological disorders that manifest as dementia. These range from HIV associated dementia and autoimmune encephalitis to Hashimoto encephalopathy and cerebral vasculitis.   Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/U_IIY7NB2Ck   Listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2xsNvCnsUA9WMVboS23bOl   Listen to it on RSS feed: https://rss.com/podcasts/theneurologylounge/1923500/…