90: Raising Stroke Awareness and Improving Clinical Care

Welcome to the NeurologyLive® Mind Moments® podcast. Tune in to hear leaders in neurology sound off on topics that impact your clinical practice. In this episode, we spoke with Brandon Giglio, MD, a vascular neurologist and clinical assistant professor of neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, as well as the director of Vascular Neurology at NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. As May is annually designated as Stroke Awareness Month in the United States, Giglio sat down with us to extend that time of awareness and share his insight into the current public understanding of stroke, how effective the care paradigm is at prevention and poststroke care, and much more. Looking for more Stroke discussion? Check out the NeurologyLive® stroke clinical focus page. Episode Breakdown: 1:15 – Breaking down the signs and symptoms of stroke with B.E. F.A.S.T 2:45 – The importance of stroke awareness 3:55 – Treating patients with poststroke symptoms 5:45 – Neurology News Minute 10:40 – Notable risk factors for stroke 13:15 – The critical need for novel education tools in stroke This episode is brought to you by Medical World News, a streaming channel from MJH Life Sciences®. Check out new content and shows every day, only at medicalworldnews.com. The stories featured in this week's Neurology News Minute, which will give you quick updates on the following developments in neurology, are further detailed here: Potential Path for Phase 3 Study of AOC 1001 in Myotonic Dystrophy Becomes Clear After FDA Ease’s Clinical Hold FDA Grants Fast Track Designation for Atrial Fibrillation Therapy Asundexian FDA Pushes Back Decision Date for Duchenne Gene Therapy SRP-9001 FDA Accepts NDA for DHE Nasal Powder Product STS101 for Acute Migraine CMS Announces Plan to Provide Coverage of Antiamyloid Therapies for Alzheimer Disease Thanks for listening to the NeurologyLive® Mind Moments® podcast. To support the show, be sure to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. For more neurology news and expert-driven content, visit neurologylive.com.