Neuro Notes

• New Guidance on Identifying Brain Death   Dr Andrew Wilner interviews Dr Gene Sung, lead author of the new guidelines from the World Brain Death Project.
  Medscape Neurology, January 06, 2021
• Could RAS Dysfunction Explain COVID's Effects? Dr Andrew Wilner speaks with the researcher proposing that the renin-angiotensin system is the reason for COVID-19's complex symptoms.
  Medscape Neurology, December 18, 2020
• How a Medical School Dean Got Ahead of COVID-19   Dr Andrew Wilner talks with Dr Scott Strome, executive dean and vice chancellor for Clinical Affairs at University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
  Medscape Neurology, November 25, 2020
• Why Are Cases of SUDEP Declining?   Dr Andrew Wilner speaks with Dr Daniel Friedman about how expanded coverage and increased awareness may be reducing sudden unexplained death in epilepsy.
  Medscape Neurology, September 23, 2020
• Talking Through Pandemic Anxiety With a Pioneer of Mind-Body Medicine   Dr Andrew Wilner speaks with Dr James Gordon about drawing on his decades of experience to stay mentally and physically healthy in a year of unprecedented challenges.
  Medscape Neurology, July 02, 2020
• Understanding the Puzzling Pathology of COVID-19   Drs Andrew Wilner and William Li discuss recent findings suggesting that many of the symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 -- stroke included -- may be due to underlying vascular pathology.
  Medscape Neurology, June 04, 2020
• How COVID-19 Affects the Brain As of now, there is no convincing evidence that the virus directly affects the central or peripheral nervous system, says Dr Andrew Wilner.
  Medscape Neurology, April 17, 2020
• A Neurologist Over 60 Looks at COVID-19 Dr Andrew Wilner on how he and his county hospital have adapted to the coronavirus pandemic.
  Medscape Neurology, April 06, 2020
• Maybe Memorizing the Krebs Cycle Was Worthwhile After All Mitochondrial disorders are often difficult to diagnose and treat due to their multisystem nature. As scientists better understand mitochondrial function, effective treatments are beginning to emerge.
  Medscape Neurology, February 06, 2020
• Physician-Turned-Counselor Helps Docs Overcome Career Anxiety Dr Andrew Wilner speaks with career counselor Dr Heather Fork on how physicians can deal with stress at all stages of their careers.
  Medscape Neurology, November 12, 2019
• These NASA Docs Keep an Eye on Astronaut Health   Dr Andrew Wilner speaks with NASA researchers about the latest data on a neuro-ocular syndrome that can occur after spaceflight.
  Medscape Neurology, September 26, 2019
• Youth Suicide Is Skyrocketing; Researchers Try to Figure Out Why   Dr Andrew Wilner speaks with researcher Oren Miron about how such trends conflict with earlier assumptions and signal the need for better risk-assessment tools.
  Medscape Neurology, August 20, 2019
• Career Change? Going Nonclinical May Be the Right Path Dr Andrew Wilner speaks with Dr John Jurica, an expert on making the transition to nonclinical.
  Medscape Neurology, July 03, 2019
• Woes Continue for Those Seeking Multistate Medical Licenses Dr Andrew Wilner on the obstacles surrounding multistate licensing, and how the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact is a small step toward surmounting them.
  Medscape Neurology, March 08, 2019
• Remembering Ricky: Losing a Friend to Suicide Neurologist Dr Andrew Wilner remembers a good friend who took his own life and discusses the staggering suicide rate in the United States.
  Medscape Neurology, February 20, 2019
• Thrombectomy's Practice-Changing Implications in Stroke Dr Andrew Wilner speaks with Dr Marc Malkoff about how this innovative surgery is upending the management of acute stroke.
  Medscape Neurology, January 23, 2019
• Does a Patient's Blurry Vision Signal a Serious Condition? Can you order the right diagnostic tests to determine what's causing the woman's optic neuritis?
  Medscape Neurology, December 11, 2018
• How to Know When It's Autoimmune Epilepsy A conversation between Drs Andrew Wilner and Batool Kirmani on the red flags your patient may have this difficult-to-diagnosis condition.
  Medscape Neurology, December 06, 2018
• Deteriorating Cognition 5 Weeks After a Heroin Overdose: A Case A 32-year-old woman with a history of opioid abuse presents with increasing confusion after a recent overdose. Can you diagnose her?
  Medscape Neurology, October 10, 2018
• When Patients Demand Unnecessary Medical Tests A neurologist and a bioethicist discuss how to approach patients asking for 'unnecessary' tests and procedures.
  Medscape Neurology, September 05, 2018