
Neurology Today in 5
Hosted by Joseph E Safdieh · American Academy of Neurology
4.6from 25 ratings
- 219
- Episodes
- 65
- Transcribed
- 25
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About Neurology Today in 5
Joseph E. Safdieh, MD, FAAN, Editor-in-Chief of Neurology Today highlights the most noteworthy and newsworthy neurology stories in the issue.
- Publisher
- American Academy of Neurology
- Category
- health & fitness · health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 Aug 2017
- Latest episode
- 1 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
65 of 219 episodes have a transcript.

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Wearable Devices, Thrombectomy Debate, Muscular Dystrophy Therapy

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3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Wearable Devices, Thrombectomy Debate, Muscular Dystrophy Therapy
Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] An AAN review published in Neurology examined consumer wearables in epilepsy, headache, sleep disorders, and stroke risk, and concluded that they should be generally viewed as adjuncts to clinical evaluation rather than substitutes for it. The distinction between wellness and medical devices is important. Some devices have FDA-cleared functions, while others, such as the Oura Ring, are marketed as wellness products even clear devices have limitations in the apple heart study for example an irregular pulse notification had an 84 positive predictive value for atrial fibrillation but an absence of an alert did not exclude afib consumer sleep data can be even trickier one study of the aura ring found 94 sensitivity for detecting sleep but only about 73 specificity for detecting wakefulness our experts say wearables have real potential in neurology particularly for seizure detection and potentially monitoring treatment response in Parkinson's disease. […]
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