{"podcast":{"title":"Think Neuro","slug":"think-neuro-580182","podcast_index_feed_id":580182,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/9_mrbLRD","website_url":"https://think-neuro.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/02505544-248a-4a04-b6f7-0cb72662b7b0/ed6bf1c0-516d-482f-9f69-77a0723faf87/3000x3000/pni-thinkneuro-maingraphic-2025-r1.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Pacific Neuroscience Institute","episode_count":312,"summary":"The Think Neuro podcast from Pacific Neuroscience Institute takes you into the clinic, operating room and laboratory with doctors and surgeons who are tackling the most challenging brain diseases and disorders. You’ll go deep into the brain and beyond, exploring the neurological processes and structures that control our health, hormones, behaviors, movements, moods, and emotions. You’ll learn about new therapies that are giving hope for sufferers of the most challenging diseases, and you’ll hear about some habits you can develop to keep your brain in good working order for years to come. We’ll show you why patients from around the world are coming to Pacific Neuroscience Institute for novel treatments that are in many instances, available at few other institutions. pacificneuro.org | (310) 582-7640 Think Neuro’s has two co-hosts, Anthony Effinger and Dan Fost. Anthony Effinger is an award-winning journalist who is fascinated with neuroscience and the workings of the brain. Anthony spent 24 years at Bloomberg News, where he covered money and finance, with deep forays into science and health. In 2006, the Association of Health Care Journalists awarded him first prize for Playing the…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T08:20:57.446589+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/think-neuro-580182"},"episode":{"title":"Spotlight Replay: Episode 44. Preventing Stroke and Getting the Best Treatment if One Occurs with Dr. Sandra Narayanan","slug":"spotlight-replay-episode-44-preventing-stroke-and-getting-the-best-treatment-if-one-occurs-with-dr-sandra-narayanan","published_at":"2026-05-13T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/think-neuro-580182/spotlight-replay-episode-44-preventing-stroke-and-getting-the-best-treatment-if-one-occurs-with-dr-sandra-narayanan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/think-neuro-580182","url":"https://think-neuro.simplecast.com/episodes/spotlight-replay-episode-44-preventing-stroke-and-getting-the-best-treatment-if-one-occurs-with-dr-sandra-narayanan-JysqEda6","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/246e2048-b7c8-40c8-856d-ea424a97d9e9/72cbe8bb-0e0e-4d60-859b-58af149d2035/episodes/audio/group/b7755fca-20b2-49ee-b1c6-052f4c180f92/group-item/1810b49b-3436-4750-a862-c817f43c7956/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=9_mrbLRD","summary":"National Stroke Awareness Month is observed in May to promote public awareness about stroke symptoms and prevention. While 800,000 Americans have a stroke every year, many of these can be prevented. It’s particularly critical to recognize when a stroke is happening, because fast treatment can prevent the worst effects. In this Spotlight Replay, Dr. Sandra Narayanan, a neurointerventional surgeon at Pacific Neuroscience Institute who treats people who’ve had strokes, tells us how a healthy lifestyle can help most people avoid a stroke. And she gives an important update to the F.A.S.T. acronym for helping recognize when someone has had a stroke—it’s now BE FAST. Let’s listen in and learn what BE FAST stands for—and keep a stroke from knocking us down!","meta_description":"National Stroke Awareness Month is observed in May to promote public awareness about stroke symptoms and prevention. While 800,000 Americans have a stroke…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2367,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/think-neuro-580182/episodes/spotlight-replay-episode-44-preventing-stroke-and-getting-the-best-treatment-if-one-occurs-with-dr-sandra-narayanan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/think-neuro-580182/spotlight-replay-episode-44-preventing-stroke-and-getting-the-best-treatment-if-one-occurs-with-dr-sandra-narayanan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}