eanCast: Weekly Neurology

Moderator: Alicia Gonzalez (Madrid, Spain)

Guest: Christian Lampl (Linz, Austria)

This last May episode features Alicia González Martínez and her guest Prof. Christian Lampl as they discuss organising headache care, focusing on increasing access and offering value-based healthcare. They delve into strategies to improve the delivery, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of headache management, aiming to enhance patient well-being and integration of headache care into existing healthcare systems.

Moderator: Daniele Martinelli (Pavia, Italy)

Guest: Raquel Gil-Gouveia (Oeiras, Portugal)

Guest: Antoinette Maassen van den Brink (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Join us in this episode as Daniele Martinelli engages in a dialogue with esteemed experts, Prof. Antoinette Maassen van den Brink and Dr. Raquel Gil-Gouveia.

They delve into animal models—our window into the brain’s hidden mechanisms. These models reveal neurotransmitter dynamics and potential triggers, paving the way for novel therapies. Additionally, they explore gender-specific nuances, shaping the understanding and personalized management strategies. By bridging theory to practice, they emphasize collaboration—a path toward better patient outcomes, alleviating the burden of this debilitating condition.

Moderator: Anna Gryglas-Dworak (Wroclaw, Poland)

Guest: Dimos-Dimitrios Mitsikostas (Athens, Greece)

This podcast episode presents the current guidelines of the European Headache Federation (published in 2021, updated in 2022) and the American Headache Society (2024) on migraine treatment. Acute and preventive as well as new and old options are discussed.

Moderator: Bianca Raffaelli (Berlin, Germany)

Guest: Messoud Ashina (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Guest: Cristina Tassorelli (Pavia, Italy)

In this episode, Bianca Raffaelli hosts experts Messoud Ashina and Cristina Tassorelli on how to navigate the newly enriched therapeutic armamentarium of migraine with disease-specific drugs for the prevention and the acute treatment of attacks. They delve into the questions how, when, where, who and for whom.

Moderator: Federica Agosta (Milan, Italy)

Guest: Philip van Damme (Leuven, Belgium)

In this week’s episodes Federica Agosta hosts Philip van Damme as they discuss the new EAN Guideline on the Management of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Find more information here.