Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH

Guest: William Elliott, MD

Should we use beta blockers as first line therapy for hypertension? Dr. William Elliott will discuss the current concerns regarding beta blockers for hypertension and the correlation with cardiovascular risk reduction.

Host: Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FASH

Guest: William Elliott, MD

Dr. William Elliott, Professor of Preventive Medicine at Rush Medical Center, will discuss his meta-analysis linking anti-hypertensive therapy with the incidence of Diabetes.

Host: Renee Matthews, MD

Guest: Joan Lappe, PhD

In this segment, Dr. Lappe talks about how Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation decreases the rate of stress fractures in female navy recruits.

Host: Shira Johnson, MD

Guest: Bennett Lorber, MD

Dr. Bennett Lorver discusses the impact of societal changes on infectious diseases, and how daily lives are in turn affected by infectious disease.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: David Levesque

Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by David Levesque, VP of GLobal Learning at Sonosite Inc. Mr. Levesque will discuss the many varied applications and the new and different uses of the hand-carried ultrasound.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Donald Abrams, MD

Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Dr. Donald Abrams, Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF; Chief, Hematology-Oncology, San Francisco General Hospital. They discuss the potential therapeutic value of cannabis in light of its undesirable delivery system via the inhalation of a combustion product. Dr. Abrams conducted a pilot study to investigate vaporization using the Volcanos device as an alternative means of delivery of inhaled Cannabis.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Donald Abrams, MD

Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Dr. Donald Abrams, Professor of Clinical Medicine at UCSF; Chief of Hematology-Oncology at San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Abrams discusses his randomized placebo-controlled trial to determine the effect of smoked cannabis on the neuropathic pain of HIV-associated sensory neuropathy and an experimental pain model.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Judith Beck, MD

Dr. Larry Kaskel is joined by Dr. Judith Beck of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy. She discusses what research says about the efficacy of cognitive therapy for weight loss and maintenance by understanding how unsuccessful dieters think differently from other people.

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Judith Beck, MD

Dr. Larry Kaskel discusses Cognitive Therapy with Dr. Judith Beck of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy. Dr. Beck covers the research on cognitive therapy and highlights how it differs from other psychotherapies.

Guest: Amy Ernst, MD

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