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PRE-RECORDED  Tonight, our incredible special guest is Dr. Beth John, doctor of chiropractic with 22 years’ experience treating patients using gentle chiropractic techniques as well as the more traditional techniques. Dr. John is also a certified nutritionist and owns The Safa Center, a holistic health center in Farmingdale on Long Island, NY. The Safa Center offers: Chiropractic care, nutritional...

PRE-RECORDED It's been 18 months since the premiere of The HD View here on BlogTalkRadio. We have grown exponentally. It's fun to look back and listen again to its' beginning. 30,000 listeners like Help 4 HD - The HD View. Enjoy!

  PRE-RECORDED - # 4 BEST SHOW Our incredible special guest is the esteemed Andrea Zanko from UCSF - MAC. She received her Masters in genetic counseling from the University of California at Berkeley and her Bachelors Degree from Boston University. She's been a genetic counselor at UCSF in the medical genetics clinic for over 30 years and created the UCSF Huntington Disease Genetic Counseling Clini...

PRE-RECORDED on August 13, 2012 - Our incredible special guest tonight is Gabrielle Hamilton, therapist, speaker, published author and Huntington’s Disease (HD) Activist. In 1994 Gabrielle joined the board of the Greater NY/LI Chapter of Huntington’s Disease Society of America. By 1995 she became the President and during her leadership the Chapter became the first to provide monies directly to the...

PRE-RECORDED -- MONDAY, September 17, 2012 In direct response to a previous show with Dr. LaVonne Goodman and information disseminated about the AAN (the American Academy of Neurology) Guidelines for Treating Chorea in Huntington's, (see report) Melissa Armstrong, MD, MSc and Gary Gronseth, MD, FAAN are here today to explain how the AAN Clinical Practice Guideline process works to deliver the best...

PRE-RECORDED Jody Goldstein has a very long list of accomplishments: BS in Biology from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), 10 years as coordinator for the UCSD Huntington's Disease Clinical Research Center (HDCRC), Genetically Handicapped Persons Program (GHPP), facilitator for the San Diego Huntington's Disease Support Group and serves as Study Coordinator for more than 18 Huntington...

TUESDAY, September 4, 2012 It's time for the Ask Dr. Goodman show. Get your questions ready for another hour with our incredible Internist LaVonne Goodman. www. HDdrugworks.org

MONDAY, August 27, 2012 - 3:30 pm PDT/6:30 pm EDT Our amazing incredible guest today is the estemed Andrea Zanko, MS, LGC  - Genetic Counselor from UCSF (University of California, San Francisco). For over 30 years, she has been working with children and adults suspected or known to be affected by or at risk for genetic disorders.  She teaches at the medical school and helps train students and resi...

MONDAY, August 13, 2012 -- 3:30 pm PST/6:30 pm EST Gabrielle Hamilton is a therapist, Speaker and Huntington’s Disease (HD) Activist. Gabrielle became a Certified Social Worker in 1997 and began providing therapy to children and families through a community-based organization known as Safe Space. When her term ended in 1998, she left the Chapter to focus on her new son, Teddy, and her full-time pr...

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 In direct response to previous shows and information disseminated about the AAN (the American Academy of Neurology) guidelines for treating chorea in Huntington's, Melissa Armstrong, MD, MSc and Gary Gronseth, MD, FAAN are here today to explain how the AAN Clinical Practice Guideline process works to deliver the best evidence-based recommendations to physicians who are tr...

MONDAY, August 6, 2012 -- 3:30 pm PST/6:30 pm EST It's time to ask Dr. Goodman anything about drugs and treatments for the symptoms of Huntington's disease. While there is no effective treatment to stop the progression of Huntington's disease and there is not cure, Dr. LaVonne Goodman is one of the leading authorities in her field. Please, gather your questions and tune in to the show. Call in on...

MONDAY, July 30, 2012 -- 3:30 pm PST/6:30 pm EST Jody Goldstein received her B.S. in Biology from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).  For the last 10 years, Jody has served as the coordinator for the UCSD Huntington’s Disease Clinical Research Center (HDCRC), Genetically Handicapped Persons Program, Mini-Residency Program, Genetic Testing and Counseling Program and is a facilitator fo...

MONDAY, July 23, 2012 - 3:30 pm PST/6:30 pm EST BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND - Our incredible special guest is Jan A. Nolta, Ph. D., the Director of the Stem Cell Program at UC Davis School of Medicine, and directs the new Institute for Regenerative Cures. The UC Davis stem cell program has over 150 faculty members collaborating to work toward stem cell-related cures for a spectrum of diseases and injur...

MONDAY, July 23, 2012 - 3:30 pm PST/6:30 pm EST EXCITING NEWS! Dr. Jan Nolta will be here to give us an update on her stem cell clinical trial with PI Dr. Vicki Wheelock at UC Davis Medical Center. CIRM # 1 Scientific Score: Vicki Wheelock, UC Davis, $19 million, for development of a genetically modified cell therapy for Huntington's disease, an inherited neurodegenerative disorder. Scientific sco...

MONDAY, July 16, 2012 - Tonight, our exciting special guest is Dr. Beth John. She is a doctor of chiropractic with 22 years’ experience treating patients using gentle chiropractic techniques as well as the more traditional techniques. Dr. John is also a certified nutritionist and owns a holistic health center in Farmingdale on Long Island NY. Her center offers: Chiropractic care, nutritional consu...

MONDAY, JULY 2 , 2012 Dr. LaVonne Goodman will be here this week to talk about her new article "Enroll-HD and the Cystic Fibrosis Model for Quality Care". Read more... www. HDDugWorks.org

MONDAY, June 25, 2012 - 3:30 pm PST/6:30 pm EST Tonight - an update from our amazing Huntington Study Group (HSG) Reach2HD clinical trial Principal Investigator (PI) Dr. Ray Dorsey and Dr. Caroline Herd, Chief Development Consultant from Prana Biotechnology. Reach2HD is a study to discover whether PBT2 (an investigational drug) is safe and effective and to determine PBT2's effect on cognition (thi...

MONDAY, June 18, 2012 - 3:30 pm PST/6:30 pm EST Tonight we get to meet an incredible young man, Matt Austin, and his uncle, Adam Austin, who are setting out on the ride of their lives in a two-part bicycling adventure… a legacy journey… Starting on June 27 they will be traveling from NY to MA and then from CA to CO. Robert Rippberger is Producer/Director filming their story, A Ride With Matt. They...

Monday, June 11, 2012 Our most incredible special guest tonight is Meta Orear. She received her certification as a Certified Professional Coach from Coaches Institute International (now The Fowler-Wainwright Institute). This is a wonderful method of objective questioning that leads to knowing how to achieve any goal you can imagine. She has also studied the Art of Listening with Joyah French of In...

Monday, June 4, 2012 Our subject tonight is about Huntington's disease and using supplements. See Dr. Goodman's latest article on Supplements and HD on her website at  www.hddrugworks.org.   Over the past decade a number of over-the-counter (OTC) supplements and prescription drugs have been reported to slow down progression of impairment in animal models of Huntington's disease (HD).  Whether Hunt...

MONDAY, MAY 29 - 2012, 3:30 pm PST/6:30 pm EST Stuart Blatt, MA. PT, Ph. D, from Howell MI, is a physical therapist with 25 years of clinical experience, treating persons with various neurological injuries. Dr. Blatt received his doctoral degree from Michigan State University in the area of Adult Learning. He is currently self employed as a physical therapist in his own company called Therapists o...

MONDAY, MAY 21 - 2012, 3:30 pm PST/6:30 pm EST Steven Finkbeiner, MD, PhD  Director, Taube-Koret Center for Huntington's Disease Research Senior Investigator and Associate Director, Gladstone Institute of neurological Disease Professor of Neurology and Physiology, University of California, San Francisco Areas of Investigation Research in his laboratory focuses on molecular mechanisms of plasticity...

MONDAY, MAY 14 - 2012, 3:30 pm PST/6:30 pm EST Jimmy's career and interests center on creating, developing and/or managing health care and special education programs for folks with neurologic conditions and developmental challenges, as well as working in partnership with family carers and lay advocacy associations around the world to advance their causes of professional education and public awaren...

MONDAY, MAY 7 - 2012 It's time for The HD View Ask Dr. Goodman show!

Monday, April 30, 2012 at 3:30 pm PST/6:30 pm EST Dr. Michael Geschwind is Associate Professor of Neurology and the Michael J. Homer Chair in Neurology. He received his MD and PhD in neuroscience through the National Institutes of Health-sponsored Medical Scientist Training Program at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He completed his internship in internal medicine at the Unive...