The Neurology Lounge

Category: Podcast

  • 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 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…

  • Episode 69. Subliminal – FND and the Power of the Subconscious Mind

    In this podcast episode, I tackle the theme of functional neurological disorders, and I explore their almost endless types and diverse presentations. I particularly highlight functional seizures, noting their risk factors, their characteristic, even if diverse, presentations, the ways by which they may be distinguished from organic seizures. I also…

  • Episode 65. CJD with Barbara Ludwig – Author of No Time to Cry

    I am joined in this podcast by Barbara Ludwig to discuss her experience of CJD, the disease that her husband Jurgen died from, and which she narrated in her excellent memoir No Time To Cry. She explained how and why she was able to assume and convey her husband’s perspective…

  • Episode 64. Metamorphosis – CJD and Other Brain Prion Shapeshifters

    The focus of this podcast is the enigmatic theme of prion disorders. I trace the history of our understanding of this neurodegenerative disorder with how Nobel laureate D. Carleton Gajdusek, described the transmission of kuru – the first pathologically defined human prion disease. I also narrate how the similarities in…

  • Episode 63. 10 Romantic Ways to the Neurology Clinic

    In this short podcast, I count down 10 neurological disorders that can be associated with sexual activity. Whilst this list covers the usual suspects like HIV and neurosyphilis, it also includes less familiar disorders such as Lemiere’s and Elsberg syndromes.   Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mCdn-Ua6uUw Listen to it on…

  • Episode 62. Synaesthesia with Jamie Ward – Author of The Frog Who Croaked Blue

    I am joined in this podcast by Jamie Ward to explore synaesthaesia as he depicted in his book titled The Frog Who Croaked Blue: Synaesthesia and the Mixing of the Senses. Jamie Ward is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, UK. His principal research interest lies in…

  • Episode 61. Hardwired – The Secrets of the Synaesthetic Brain

    In this podcast I explore the fascinating phenomenon of synaesthesia. Using the enlightening book by Richard Cytowic and David Eagleman titled Wednesday is Indigo Blue as template, I discuss the different types and manifestations of the condition, and I highlight the current understanding of its genesis. As I review its…

  • Episode 60. Brain Tumours with Christine Miskelly – Author of An Elephant in the Brain

    I am joined in this podcast by Christine Miskelly to discuss her experience of witnessing how a brain tumour manifested in her husband Ivor. Christine narrated the subtle symptoms that Ivor first manifested, such as poor planning, social withdrawal, excessive slowness, impassivity and easy distractibility. We also discussed how the…

  • Episode 58. 10 Innocent Everyday Things That Can Trigger Epileptic Seizures

    In this short podcast, I count down 10 routine everyday things that can surprisingly be triggers for epileptic seizures.   Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pkHQPFhNFr4 Listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/20tsSw1aUupX29VIpty6BM Listen to it on RSS feed: https://rss.com/podcasts/theneurologylounge/1863128/ Listen to it on Apple podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-58-10-innocent-everyday-things-that-can-trigger/id1748456248?i=1000685306808 ***