Brain & Life
How do you keep your brain healthy? How can you live better every day after being diagnosed with a brain condition? Brain & Life® from the American Academy of Neurology tackles those questions and more in the only podcast dedicated to exploring the intersection of brain health and neurologic disease. Each week neurologist host Dr. Daniel Correa speaks with neurology experts, celebrity advocates, and people whose lives are affected by brain conditions to educate and inspire you to maintain a healthy brain and a healthy you.
The BEST!
May 23
Thank you both, et al, for sharing your individual and collective ‘brain trusts’ with such compassion, kindness and consideration…
Misinformation about debunked therapy
Oct 2
Episode 107 shares uncritical positive information about “letterboard therapy,” which is debunked pseudoscience. The letterboard therapy described in the episode is Spelling to Communicate (S2C), a form of Facilitated Communication. It is not a valid form of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), as implied in the episode. Many peer organizations, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the American Psychological Association have issued statements opposing Facilitated Communication.
July 8,2024 ep
Jul 19
Inaccurate info about damage to optic nerves in both eyes that may or may not bring about vision loss depending on severity and subsequent success of limited course of megadose IV steroids. Blood tests should be ordered by neuroopthalmologist to rule out NMO and MOGA+ Antibody Disease, frequently misdiagnosed demyelinating autoimmune diseases. NMO prognoses are particularly grim. Much more research is needed.
Great show
Apr 6
Educational and inspiring
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- CreatorAmerican Academy of Neurology
- Years Active2022 - 2024
- Episodes141
- RatingClean
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