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06.06.2025

New, complicated and evolving: IgG4-related disease

A neuroinflammatory disorder with the potential to affect virtually any organ in the body, IgG4-related disease is a challenge on many fronts. The latest Editors' Choice paper in the June 2025 issue takes on this systemic disease, presenting a treatment algorithm for its management. This episode, PN's podcast editor Dr. Amy Ross Russell speaks with author Dr. Claire Rice. Hear an overview on the disease background, the signs in presentation, what to look for in the histology, and steroid treatment strategy. Read the paper: IgG4-related disease in the nervous system Please subscribe to the Practical Neurology podcast on your favourite platform to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, you can leave us a review or a comment on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3vVPClm) or Spotify (https://spoti.fi/4baxjsQ). We'd love to hear your feedback on social media - @PracticalNeurol. Production by Amy Ross Russell and Brian O'Toole. Editing by Brian O'Toole. Thank you for listening.

06.06.2025

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33 min.
21.10.2025

Predicting 1-year futility of TAVI procedures using machine learning

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Professor James Rudd, is joined by Dr Mehdi Eskandari from King's College Hospital, London. They discuss his paper that attempts to use machine learning to identify patients in whom a TAVI procedure is likely to be unsuccessful, using simple, readily available variables. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a positive review wherever you get your podcasts. It helps us to reach more people - thanks! Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2025/07/25/heartjnl-2025-325928

21.10.2025

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19 min.
10 FEB.

A face in the hedge: Dementia with Lewy bodies

Many patients will affirm seeing clouds shaped like animals or other similar phenomena, which is why confirming pareidolia (seeing meaningful images in meaningless visual stimuli) is such a tricky symptom in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). While it may not be exclusive to DLB, placing such symptoms in the context of "the company it keeps" is a key method to narrowing down the diagnosis. The Editors' Choice paper for the February 2026 issue of Practical Neurology is a practical guide to the clinical diagnosis and management of DLB. Authors Dr. Sarah Fullam¹ ² and Dr. Seán O'Dowd¹ ³ join PN podcast editor Dr. Amy Ross Russell to discuss their work. They describe the importance of the initial examination, from the patient's gait to difficulties in word retrieval. They also touch on challenges in the use of biomarkers, which drugs may be helpful, and how to advise patients and their carers. Read the paper: Dementia with Lewy bodies: a practical guide to clinical diagnosis and management Special thanks to The Podcast Studios Dublin for their assistance with the recording of this episode. (1) Tallaght Institute of Memory and Cognition, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland (2) Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine, Dublin, Ireland (3) Trinity College Dublin Academic Unit of Neurology, Dublin, Ireland Please subscribe to the Practical Neurology podcast on your favourite platform to get the latest episodes. If you enjoy our podcast, you can leave us a review or a comment on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3vVPClm) or Spotify (https://spoti.fi/4baxjsQ). We'd love to hear your feedback on social media - @PracticalNeurol. This episode was hosted by PN's podcast editor Dr. Amy Ross Russell. Production by Amy Ross Russell and Brian O'Toole. Editing by Brian O'Toole. Thank you for listening.

10 feb.

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55 min.
05.09.2025

Effective treatment of severe acute pancreatitis using COX-2 inhibitors

Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK interviews Professor Chengwei Tang and Associate Professor Zhiyin Huang from the Department of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China on the paper "Parecoxib sequential with imrecoxib for occurrence and remission of severe acute pancreatitis: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial" published in paper copy in Gut in September 2025. Please subscribe to the Gut podcast on your favourite platform to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, you can leave us a review or a comment on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3UOTwqS) or Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3Ifxq9p).

05.09.2025

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18 min.
27 IAN.

Mind the gap, passage hallucinations, and conducting on cue - Editors' Highlights February 2026

When a patient says, "I biffed the car," how should that be translated? Puzzles like this represent the gap between description and diagnosis, and are a critical part of neurological practice. In this podcast for the February 2026 issue of Practical Neurology, editors Phil Smith and Geraint Fuller take turns decoding some of the mysteries of everyday neurology. They cover dementia with Lewy bodies, osteoporosis and fracture risk, and anxiety and depression in epilepsy patients, as a sample of some of the published work in the latest journal. There's also a guide to the latest stroke rehabilitation guidelines, freezing of gait, and a farewell to a 'nom de plume'. Read the issue: https://pn.bmj.com/content/26/1/1 Please subscribe to the Practical Neurology podcast on your favourite platform to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, you can leave us a review or a comment on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3vVPClm) or Spotify (https://spoti.fi/4baxjsQ). We'd love to hear your feedback on social media - @PracticalNeurol. Production and editing by Brian O'Toole. Thank you for listening.

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47 min.
20 IAN.

Checkpoint inhibitor colitis: a gastroenterologists’ perspective

Frontline Gastroenterology Podcast discussing the recently published paper in the April 2025 edition of the journal Frontline Gastroenterology entitled "Checkpoint inhibitor colitis: a gastroenterologists’ perspective." Dr Ben Zare, FG trainee editor, speaks with Dr Philip Harvey and Dr Aditi Kumar, Consultant Gastroenterologists at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Dr Joyce Mak, Consultant at Prince of Wales Hospital & Honorary Clinical Associate Prof at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Dr Jon Segal, Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre & Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Read the paper: https://fg.bmj.com/content/16/5/409 We hope you enjoy the #FGPodcast. Please follow @‌FrontGastro_BMJ. Listen to our regular podcasts and subscribe in Apple Podcasts and Spotify. If you enjoy our podcast, please rate us on your chosen platform, and leave us a review on the Frontline Gastroenterology Podcast page on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fg-podcast/id942944229

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31 min.
16.12.2025

Unusual emboli, and software versus hardware - Case Reports December 2025

Another set of intriguing cases from the latest issue of the journal, pored over by the Case Reports team. In the first case, a 24-yo man presents acutely with reduced consciousness, following 3 days of right-sided headache. His mother reports sudden behavioural changes with jerky movements and enlarged pupils. He is agitated, not obeying commands and not moving his left-side limbs. He had a history of autism and vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and was on medication for stroke prevention. An MRI scan led to a differential diagnosis of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES), but the final conclusion came post-discharge after a further review of his scans. https://pn.bmj.com/content/25/6/549 The second report (19:37) describes two curious instances of functional neurological disorder (FND), both of which improved after the patients were in comatose states. The first patient is a 59-yo man who had developed muscle weakness shortly after at car crash at age 49, and had subsequently been reliant on a wheelchair for more than 8 years. Recently the patient had been infected simultaneously with severe cases of flu and COVID-19, during which he had been sedated and placed in an induced coma for several weeks. Awakening from the coma, the patient showed surprising signs of new mobility. In the second patient, a 40-yo woman presented with flaccid paralysis of her left arm, with loss of sensation up to the shoulder. She had a history of bipolar disorder and agoraphobia. She was diagnosed with FND and participated in physiotherapy and hypnotherapy with no improvement. Thirteen months later she was readmitted following an overdose on a mix of analgesics and sedatives, and was ventilated in the ITU for several hours. Upon waking the patient noticed that her previously paralyzed arm had completely recovered. https://pn.bmj.com/content/25/6/562 Further reading: Advances in functional Neurological disorder (BMJ Neurology Open) The case reports discussion is hosted by Prof. Martin Turner¹, who is joined by Dr. Ruth Wood² and Dr. Babak Soleimani³ for a group examination of the features of each presentation, followed by a step-by-step walkthrough of how the diagnosis was made. These case reports and many others can be found in the October 2025 issue of the journal. (1) Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neuroscience at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, and Consultant Neurologist at John Radcliffe Hospital. (2) Neurology Registrar, University Hospitals Sussex. (3) Clinical Research Fellow, Oxford Laboratory for Neuroimmunology and Immunopsychiatry, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford Please subscribe to the Practical Neurology podcast on your favourite platform to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, you can leave us a review or a comment on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3vVPClm) or Spotify (https://spoti.fi/4baxjsQ). We'd love to hear your feedback on social media - @PracticalNeurol. Production and editing by Brian O'Toole. Thank you for listening.

16.12.2025

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41 min.
14.08.2025

Health anxiety: patient paradoxes and successful treatment

"This is a disorder that you don't want to miss", says Prof. Jon Stone¹, describing the condition at the heart of this episode, alongside co-author Dr. Huw Green². Their paper "Health anxiety in a neurological setting" is the subject of the Editors' Choice podcast for the August 2025 issue, hosted by Dr. Amy Ross Russell. They cover the assumptions to avoid, the problematic pattern of patient reassurance and return, effective treatment methods, and even touch on a light bit of existentialism. Read the paper: https://pn.bmj.com/content/25/4/330 See also: https://neurosymptoms.org/ (1) Neuropsychology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK (2) Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Please subscribe to the Practical Neurology podcast on your favourite platform to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, you can leave us a review or a comment on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3vVPClm) or Spotify (https://spoti.fi/4baxjsQ). We'd love to hear your feedback on social media - @PracticalNeurol. Production by Amy Ross Russell and Brian O'Toole, editing by Brian O'Toole. Thank you for listening.

14.08.2025

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47 min.
13.04.2023

Toxic neuropathies: a practical approach

Dr. Amy Ross Russell(1) is joined by a selection of the authors of "Toxic neuropathies; a practical approach", a review recently published in Practical Neurology. The guests, Dr. Duncan Smyth(2), Dr. Aisling Carr(3) and Prof. Michael Lunn(3), explain the background to these conditions and describe approaches to treatment and care of toxic neuropathy patients. Read this latest Editor’s Choice paper on the Practical Neurology website (https://pn.bmj.com/content/23/2/120) and the April print issue of the journal. The paper is also discussed by Practical Neurology editors, Dr. Phil Smith and Dr. Geraint Fuller, in their latest podcast: https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/editors-highlights-of-the-april-2023-issue?in=bmjpodcasts/sets/pn-podcast (1) Neurology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, UK (2) Dept. of Neurology, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, NZ (3) MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, National Hospital for Neurology, University College London Hospitals, UK Please subscribe to the Practical Neurology podcast via all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify, to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the Practical Neurology Podcast iTunes page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pn-podcast/id942932053). The PN podcast is produced by Letícia Amorim and edited by Brian O'Toole. Thank you for listening.

13.04.2023

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48 min.
22.02.2025

Stiff-person syndrome

Intermittent painful spasms, stiffness and rigidity of the proximal and truncal muscles are only a few symptoms of the relatively uncommon Stiff-person syndrome (SPS). In this podcast, we delve into the characteristics and diagnosis of this complex autoimmune condition. PN's podcast editor Dr. Amy Ross Russell interviews Professor Saiju Jacob (University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK). The paper is the Editor's Choice paper of the February issue of Practical Neurology. The episode is released to coincide with world Encephalitis day. For more information about World encephalitis day, or encephalitis international please follow this link: https://www.encephalitis.info/world-encephalitis-day/ Please subscribe to the Practical Neurology podcast on your favourite platform to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, you can leave us a review or a comment on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3vVPClm) or Spotify (https://spoti.fi/4baxjsQ). We'd love to hear your feedback on social media - @PracticalNeurol. Production by Letícia Amorim and Brian O'Toole. Editing by Brian O'Toole. Thank you for listening.

22.02.2025

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42 min.

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