Episode 28. Inception - Laying the Medical Foundations of Neurology
In this second episode on the history of neurology, I go back in time to explore how the founders of medicine, from Herophilus and Aristotle to Hippocrates and Galen, laid the foundations of neurology...
25 Sep 202418min
Episode 27. 10 Elusive Symptoms that are Really Epileptic Seizures in Disguise
In this podcast I count down 10 vague symptoms that are easily overlooked, but are really seizures
21 Sep 20249min
Episode 26. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy with Antoinette Stubbs - Author of Braveheart
In this episode, I am joined by Antoinette Stubbs to discuss her memoir Braveheart. The release of this podcast today celebrates Antoinette starting a new role n the British national Health Service to...
16 Sep 202449min
Episode 25. Fragmentation - The Attrition Driving Muscular Dystrophy
In this podcast, I explore the history of our understanding of the different disorders that constitute muscular dystrophy. I also use patient memoirs to illustrate the different types of muscular dyst...
16 Sep 202426min
Episode 24. Stroke with Jill Bolte Taylor - Author of My Stroke of Insight
In this episode I am joined by Harvard-trained neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor, author of the best-selling illness memoir titled My Stroke of Insight. This now classical book spent 63 weeks on the Ne...
14 Sep 20241h 23min
Episode 23. Eruption - When a Brain Vessel Explodes
In this podcast, I explore the phenomenon of haemorrhagic stroke. I start with the anecdote of Oscar award winning actress Patricia Neal, then the wife of writer Roald Dahl, as narrated by neurologist...
12 Sep 202415min
Episode 22. 10 Simple Ways to Keep the Neurologist Away
In this podcast, I count down 10 measures people can take to protect their nerves. These are usually the avoidance of habitual deeds people engage in, mindless of their detrimental effect on the nervo...
10 Sep 20249min
Episode 21. Stroke with Sebastian Groes. Author - Right in the Head
In this episode, Sebastian Groes joins me to discuss his experience of stroke as narrated in his memoir titled Right in the Head. He explores the physical deficits, the emotional turmoil that accompan...
8 Sep 202450min
