Neurology Today in 5

American Academy of Neurology

  • 4 minutes 46 seconds
    P-tau217 Alzheimer's Blood Test, Tirofiban With Thrombolysis, Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Coding

    In this episode, editor in chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles about a p-tau217 blood test for Alzheimer's disease, the benefits of tirofiban with thrombolysis, and an AI tool that excels in diagnostic coding.

    18 December 2025, 4:00 am
  • 4 minutes 37 seconds
    Medical school acceptance, hemorrhagic stroke surgery, brain tumors after TBI

    In this episode, editor in chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles about medical school acceptance rates after the ending of affirmative action, minimally invasive surgery for hemorrhagic stroke, and the increased risk of brain tumors after traumatic brain injury.

    4 December 2025, 4:00 am
  • 4 minutes 46 seconds
    Artificial sweeteners cognition concerns, drug company payments and prescribing decisions, graphene technology

    In this episode, editor in chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles about artificial sweeteners' impact on cognitive health, how drug company payments influence prescribing decisions, and the use of graphene technology to accelerate maturation of neurons.

    20 November 2025, 4:00 am
  • 4 minutes 24 seconds
    50 years of monoclonal antibodies, pregabalin and heart failure, combined therapy for primary progressive aphasia

    In this episode, editor in chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles about how monoclonal antibodies revolutionized neurologic treatment, why pregabalin link to increased heart failure, and a combined therapy that slows progression in primary progressive aphasia.

    6 November 2025, 4:00 am
  • 4 minutes 49 seconds
    Novel PET radiotracer, GLP-1s and dementia risk, green space benefits

    In this episode, editor in chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles about a PET radiotracer that shows intranasally delivered insulin enters the brain, GLP-1s and dementia risk in people with Type 2 diabetes, and how exposure to green space may reduce the risk of neurodevelopmental delays in children.

    16 October 2025, 3:00 am
  • 4 minutes 59 seconds
    Pegivirus' role in Parkinson's disease, GLP-1s and idiopathic intracranial hypertension, geographic spread of epilepsy specialists

    In this episode, editor in chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles about pegivirus's potential role in Parkinson's disease pathology, the impact of GLP-1 receptor agonistst on idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and the geographic spread of epilepsy specialists.

    2 October 2025, 3:00 am
  • 4 minutes 51 seconds
    Food deserts and stroke risk, physical activity in Parkinson's disease, rimegepant for migraine

    In this episode, editor in chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles about the relationship between income, "food deserts," and stroke risk; why staying active may reduce cognitive decline in patients with Parkinson's disease; and how initiating rimegepant for migraine could help reduce opioid and butalbital use.

    18 September 2025, 3:00 am
  • 4 minutes 27 seconds
    Parkinson's and dementia with Lewy bodies blood test, CAR T-cell therapy for glioblastoma, wireless EEG

    In this episode, editor in chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles about a promising blood test to distinguish Parkinson's disease from dementia with Lewy bodies, how CAR T-cell therapies are showing potential for patients with glioblastoma, and a new wireless electroencephalogram device that can even monitor young children with epilepsy.

    4 September 2025, 3:00 am
  • 3 minutes 52 seconds
    Small fiber neuropathy, Dr. Merit Cudkowicz, work-life balance for families of neurologists

    In this episode, editor in chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles about whether small fiber neuropathy is an autoimmune disorder; Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc, FAAN, recipient of this year's AAN Lifetime Achievement Award for Clinically Relevant Research; and how neurologist couples pursue work-life balance.

    21 August 2025, 3:00 am
  • 4 minutes 10 seconds
    Divisive treatment for cluster headache, head positioning before thrombectomy, new series, "Neurology in America"

    In this episode, editor in chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles about eptinezumab, a treatment for episodic cluster headache; how positioning the head flat before a thrombectomy benefited patients with large vessel occlusion stroke; and what rural neurology looks like in 2025, the first story in our new series, Neurology in America.

    7 August 2025, 3:00 am
  • 4 minutes 34 seconds
    New treatment for giant-cell arteritis, links between oral and brain health, an emerging meningitis B vaccine

    In this episode, editor-in-chief Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, highlights articles about upadacitinib, a new treatment for giant-cell arteritis; growing evidence linking oral health to a higher risk of neurologic conditions; and why a trial of a new meningitis B vaccine drew a mixed response.

    17 July 2025, 3:00 am
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