Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Michael Benson, MD

Guest: Thomas Moore, MD

A storm is coming, but few have heard the forecast. The obesity epidemic in the United States in all age groups will lead to a huge increase in diabetes during pregnancy. Our guest today is Doctor Thomas Moore. He is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California School of Medicine at San Diego. Dr. Moore is a nationally recognized expert on the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes in pregnancy.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Donald Stein, PhD

Is all brain injury created equally? Does the insult from a stroke result in the same damage as traumatic brain injury? Should treatment differ? Host Dr. Leslie Lundt is joined by Dr. Donald Stein to discuss past, present and future interventions.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Donald Stein, PhD

Every 15 seconds someone in the US suffers a traumatic brain injury. Yet, we have no clinically effective acute stage treatment available. Enter the ProTECT trial. Host Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes Dr. Donald Stein to review the latest data using progesterone in the treatment of acute brain injury.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Donald Stein, PhD

More than 5 million people in the US are disabled because of brain injury. Dr. Gregory O’Shanick, the national medical director of the Brain Injury Association of America, calls the work of our guest today, “The most promising breakthrough in improving outcomes for TBI”. What is this astonishing breakthrough? Dr. Donald Stein discusses with host Dr. Leslie Lundt how progesterone may become the treatment of choice in acute brain injury.

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Donald Stein, PhD

After fighting skeptics for over 40 years, researchers are finally getting respect using progesterone to treat brain injuries. Progesterone? Dr. Donald Stein of Emory University joins host Leslie Lundt to discuss how progesterone became a possible treatment for acute brain injury.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD

Guest: Brenda Fann, MD

Dr. Brenda Fann share with us her volunteer efforts to provide chronic outpatient care to diabetics in a free clinic environment. We discuss the status of volunteerism in the medical community and what the future may hold.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD

Guest: Nigel Unwin, MD

Dr. Maurice Pickard discusses with Dr. Nigel Unwin the need for governments to create an environment that allows individuals to make lifestyle changes. The adoption of western culture's poor dietary habits and reduced exercise lifestyles, as well as expanding urban environments fostering these shifts, must be adressed as part of seeking the cure for diabetes.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD

Guest: Nigel Unwin, MD

Host Dr. Maurice Pickard speaks with Dr. Nigel Unwin, coordinator of the recently-published third edition of the Diabetes Atlas. They will talk about the United Nations resolution to recognize this disease, which causes four million deaths per year and effects 246 million people worldwide, as having the potential to bankrupt national economies. Dr. Unwin also breaks down myths about diabetes: first, that only the affluent and elderly are at risk; second, that there are no cost-effective interventions for prevention and control.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD

Guest: Larry Dossey, MD

Dr. Dossey shares some research efforts and personal case studies which shed light on the role spirituality may play in healing.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD

Guest: Larry Dossey, MD

Dr. Dossey shares a number of research studies and case histories which illuminate the role of optimism, or it's absence, in healing.