Clinician's Roundtable

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.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Larry Dossey, MD What do music, forgetting, and spirituality have to do with healing? Dr. Dossey suggests - a lot! Listen for some surprising connections and case examples.

Host: Gary Kohn, MD Guest: Larry Dossey, MD Dr. Dossey shares with us some simple and unusual concepts which can be healing for our patients and ourselves.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Ann Albright, PhD, RD Just 7% of patients with diabetes are getting all the treatments they need and only 18% of these patients believe they are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease. In this segment, host Bill Rutenberg, MD and guest Ann Albright, Ph.D. discuss the strategies to enhance compliance, to improve the outcomes for patients with diabetes, and how to empower people to take charge and own their disease.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Ann Albright, PhD, RD Diabetes translation brings research data into the clinical practice. In this segment join host Bill Rutenberg, MD and guest Ann Albright, Ph.D. in a discussion about early diabetes detection and prevention, and how the CDC is working to stem the tide of the diabetes epidemic.