The Neurology Lounge

  • Neurochecklists Website Upgrade

    This is to announce that we have just completed another major upgrade of the Neurochecklists website…     Some of the new features in this 2025 upgrade are… A more aesthetic landing page. Icons for each category in the explore page. A wider search engine box. Smarter bookmarking tab. Cleaner…

  • Episode 55. Mimics – The Cruel Imitators of Parkinson’s Disease

    In this episode, I review the four main mimics of Parkinson’s disease, also called the Parkinson’s Plus syndromes. These are multiple system atrophy (MSA), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), and corticobasal degeneration (CBD). I explore the clinical manifestations, investigations, and treatments of these disorders, highlighting such…

  • Episode 54. Narcolepsy with Julie Flygare – Author of Wide Wake and Dreaming

    I am joined in this exploration of narcolepsy by Julie Flygare, an internationally recognized patient-perspective leader, and an accomplished advocate, to discuss her patient perspective of the disease as narrated in her award-winning memoir, Wide Wake and Dreaming. Julie has advanced her leadership in the sleep and healthcare space through…

  • Episode 53. Somnolence – The Slumber and Stumbles of Narcolepsy

    In this episode, I explore the curious sleep disorder narcolepsy. With apt patient memoirs, I describe its clinical manifestations, from sleep attacks and cataplexy, to sleep paralysis and sleep-related hallucinations. I also review its association with other sleep disorders, and its non-sleep related manifestations. The podcast also discusses the genetic…

  • The 50 Most Engaging Questions of The Neurology Lounge Podcast in 2024

    An advantage of running a Youtube podcast channel is that one can create one-minute extracts of the main podcast called shorts. Over the last 7 months, the podcast published almost 300 of these shorts, mostly framed as questions. As part of taking stock, some of these questions have attracted a…

  • The 30 Most Viewed Neurology Lounge Podcasts of 2024

    The Neurology Lounge Podcast launched on 26 May 2024, and it has made great strides over the last 7 months. The YouTube channel now has more than >540 subscribers, garnered almost 27,500 content views, and clocked up more than >1000 watch-hours. And the content consists so far of 28 monologues,…

  • Episode 52. Amnesia with Lauren Aguirre – Author of The Memory Thief

    I am joined in this episode by journalist Lauren Aguirre, an award-winning science journalist, to explore the neuroepidemiology work of neurologist Jed Barash and colleagues which revealed the existence of a silent epidemic of what is now named opioid associated amnestic syndrome. Lauren chronicled the onset and progress of the…

  • Episode 51. 10 Strange Headache Disorders You Need to Know About

    In this brief podcast, I count down 10 unusual but unique headaches that may be perplexing for patients, and challenging for doctors to diagnose. Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SKDoyLMs2m0 Listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4HivcE11WgCVluGcMLqcsL?si=k8Se1rXmTCKn90psmnoTqw Listen to it on RSS feed: https://rss.com/podcasts/theneurologylounge/1815852/ Listen to it on Apple podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-51-10-strange-headache-disorders-you-need-to/id1748456248?i=1000681654487 ***

  • Episode 50. Oblivion – When Amnesia Wipes the Memory Slate

    In this episode, I explore the intriguing condition of amnesia, the isolated loss of memory with the preservation of other cognitive disorders. I use remarkable patient anecdotes, such as those of musician Clive Wearing, and of Jimmie G, a patient of neurologist Oliver Sacks, to illustrate the diverse causes of…

  • Episode 48. Impact – The Tragedy of Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury

    In this episode, I explore the two catastrophic forms of traumatic neurological injury, brain and spinal cord. I discuss the life-changing physical consequences of traumatic neurological injury, and the equally harrowing but often invisible emotional fallouts. I particularly highlight the often incomprehensible ways by which neurological injuries result – from…