{"podcast":{"title":"Practical Neurology Podcast","slug":"practical-neurology-podcast-320148","podcast_index_feed_id":320148,"rss_url":"http://feeds.bmj.com/pn/podcasts","website_url":"https://pnbmj.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/16464543/Practical_Neurology.jpg","author":"BMJ Group","episode_count":126,"summary":"The Practical Neurology Podcast is the essential guide for the everyday life of all neurologists. Just like our journal Practical Neurology, this podcast is useful for everyone who sees neurological patients and who wants to keep up-to-date and safe in managing them. In other words, this is a podcast for jobbing neurologists who plough through the tension headaches and funny turns week in and week out. Subscribe to enjoy deep dives into each journal issue with editors Prof. Philip Smith and Dr. Geraint Fuller, discussions on recent case reports with Prof. Martin Turner, and Editor’s Choice article discussions between authors and Dr. Amy Ross Russell. Practical Neurology - pn.bmj.com - is included as part of a subscription to JNNP and provided in print to all members of the Association of British Neurologists. * The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/practical-neurology-podcast-320148"},"episode":{"title":"Bone health in Neurology: managing the fracture risk","slug":"bone-health-in-neurology-managing-the-fracture-risk","published_at":"2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/practical-neurology-podcast-320148/bone-health-in-neurology-managing-the-fracture-risk","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/practical-neurology-podcast-320148","url":"https://pnbmj.podbean.com/e/bone-health-in-neurology-managing-the-fracture-risk/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pwvbmqcie3m4enkj/PN_bonus_bone-health_March2026_mixdown1blvng.mp3","summary":"In this Practical Neurology bonus international podcast linked to the February issue, host Alasdair Coles (Cambridge, UK) is joined by movement disorder specialist Dr. Ashley Paul (Johns Hopkins, US) and epilepsy expert Dr. Lata Vadlamudi (Brisbane, Australia) to discuss the integration of bone health into neurology clinics. They discuss the identification of osteoporosis in patients on steroids or anti-seizure medications and evaluate the use of FRAX assessment tools for neurological populations. They also address the implementation of screening protocols and checklists to prevent fragility fractures. Read the related paper: Osteoporosis and fracture risk: a practical guide for neurologists Participants: Professor Alasdair Coles is Head of Department for Clinical Neuroscience and also Co-Director of the Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair, UK. Associate Professor Lata Vadlamudi, Senior Staff Specialist in Neurology at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Australia. Dr. Ashley Paul, Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Division of Movement Disorders at Johns Hopkins University, USA. 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 Letícia Amorim. Thank you for listening.","meta_description":"In this Practical Neurology bonus international podcast linked to the February issue, host Alasdair Coles (Cambridge, UK) is joined by movement disorder s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1968,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/practical-neurology-podcast-320148/episodes/bone-health-in-neurology-managing-the-fracture-risk/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/practical-neurology-podcast-320148/bone-health-in-neurology-managing-the-fracture-risk.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}