February 13 2018 Issue

02/12/18 • 31 min

1. Featured Article: Medical Retirement from Sport after Concussions: a practical guide for a difficult discussion2. What’s Trending: CGRP drugs and treatment of migraineThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the February 13, 2018 issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Dr. James Noble about his Neurology® Clinical Practice paper on athletes who retire from sport following concussion. In the second part of the podcast, Dr. Tesha Monteith focuses her interview with Dr. Peter Goadsby on CGRP and migraine. DISCLOSURES: Dr. Crowell reports no disclosures. Dr. Noble received travel honoraria for the Big 10/Ivy League concussion summit; has a pending patent for a real-time concussion diagnostic tool; has consulted with Prophase, LLC; has received research support from NIH (U54 NS081765, R01 NS067443, R01AG054536, T35 AG044303); and holds stock options in BATS-TOI. Dr. Goadsby has consulted for Akita, Allergan, Amgen, Autonomic Technologies Inc, Avanir, Cipla, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Eli-Lilly, Electrocore, eNeura, Pfizer, Scion, Teva, and Trigemina; serves on editorial boards for NEJM Journal Watch, and Neurology Up-to-Date; receives publishing royalties for Mechanism and Management of Headache (Elsevier 2005); holds stock options in Trigemina Inc.; and receives research support from Amgen, and Eli-Lilly. Dr. Monteith serves as an editorial advisory board member for Neurology Now and receives research support from the NIH.

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February 6 2018 Issue

Featured Article: Burnout, Wellness, and the Future of Our ProfessionThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the February 6, 2018, issue of Neurology. This week, Dr. Ted Burns talks with Dr. Terry Cascino about his special address on burnout and the future of neurology. DISCLOSURES: Dr. Burns is the deputy section editor of the Neurology® podcast; has served on scientific advisory boards for Argenx, UCB, and CSL Behring; has received travel funding/speaker honoraria from Argenx and Alexion; and has received support for consulting activities from UCB Pharma and CSL Behring. Dr. Cascino is the immediate past president of the American Academy of Neurology.

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February 20 2018 Issue

1. Featured Article: Intravenous thrombolysis and platelet count2. What’s Trending: Gene Drives, part IThis podcast begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the February 6, 2018, issue of Neurology. In the first segment, Dr. Kevin Barrett talks with Dr. Henrik Gensicke about his article on the effect of platelet count on bleeding risk and mortality in stroke patients treated with IV thrombolysis. In the second part of the podcast, you’ll hear the first part of Dr. Ted Burns’ interview with Dr. Kevin Esvelt about gene drives.DISCLOSURES: Dr. Barrett serves on the editorial board of Neurology and Neurohospitalist; has received research/grant support from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for serving on the executive committees of the CREST-2 and SHINE clinical trials; and receives publishing royalties from Wiley Blackwell. Dr. Gensicke receives research support from Swiss National Science Foundation (33CM30-124119 and P300PB_161071). Dr. Burns is the deputy section editor of the Neurology® podcast; has served on scientific advisory boards for Argenx, UCB, and CSL Behring; has received travel funding/speaker honoraria from Argenx and Alexion; and has received support for consulting activities from UCB Pharma and CSL Behring. Dr. Esvelt reports no disclosures.