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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...

Monday, April 23, 2012 at 3:30 pm PST/6:30 pm EST Dr. Peg Nopoulos is with the University of Iowa and her primary work has been working in Neuropsychiatry at the HD Center of Excellence at the UI Hospitals and Clinics. Her research focuses on understanding brain and behavior, using state of the art brain imaging techniques, specifically Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). She is here to talk to us a...

Monday, April 16, 2012 at 3:30 pm PST/6:30 pm EST Dr. Paul Muchowsli is Associate Investigator at Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease and Associate Professor of Neurology at UCSF in California. The major research goal of his lab is to understand the molecular mechanisims that underlie neurodegenerative disorders associated with protein musfolding and aggregation, focusing on Alzheimer's di...

Monday, April 9, 2012 at 3:30 pm PST/6:30 pm EST.   Our amazing guest tonight is Dr. Samuel Frank, Associate Professor of Neurology and co-Director of Neurology Resident Education at Boston University. Since completing his fellowship at the University of Rochester, he has been involved in many local and Huntington Study Group clinical trials and observational studies. He has served on multiple ste...

  Monday, April 2, 2012 at 3:30 pm PST/6:30 pm EST   Our very own brilliant and dedicated Dr. LaVonne Goodman will be with us again to talk about how to treat depression, insomnia and irritability in Huntington's disease. We'll also talk to her tonight about the healing power of sleep.    Find her treatment guidelines for HD on www.wehaveaface.org/hddw and www.help4hd-international.org/resources. ...

MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012 Reach2HD is a Huntington's disease research trial sponsored by the Huntington's Study Group and Prana Biotechnology to study whether PBT2 (an investigational drug) is safe and effective and to determine if its effect on cognition and other symptoms including movement and overall function. Study requirements include 8 in-person visits over 6 months and examinations at no cost...

Saturday, March 24, 2012 ~ Our second show with the super moms of JHD. Let's talk!

Monday, March 19, 2012 at 3:30 pm  Back by popular demand and for those of you who couldn't tune in on Friday, this is a show you can not miss... Announcing James Valvano's The Huntington's Disease Project lottery winners... And lots more... HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO YOU!

Friday, March 16, 2012...  marks the one year anniversary of James Valvano's WeHaveAFace.org. Let's honor this amazing person who has a very huge heart for juvenile Huntington's disease and Huntington's disease advocacy.  James was born and raised in New York to a loving couple Amelia and Joseph Valvano and now lives with them in Florida. Diagnosed with Huntington's disease in 2009, he vowed to us...

Monday, March 12, 2012 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 injuries. Dr. Nolta’s laboratory focuses on “bench to t...

MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2012 at 3:30 pm PST/6:30 pm EST It's time for The HD View ~ Ask Dr. Goodman Show!   Tonight we get to welcome back the esteemed Dr. LaVonne Goodman, Internist and owner of www. HDDrugworks.org, which she founded with her husband Nathan Goodman where at present their focus is providing information on present treatment options for Huntington's disease.    She says, “when I began tak...

Monday, February 27, 2012 -  Our incredible special guest tonight is Dr. Ellen G. Feigal, Senior Vice President, Research and Development at the CIRM, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.  Prior to joining CIRM in January, 2011, she was Executive Medical Director, Global Development, at Amgen,where her primary focus was in clinical development of therapeutics in hematology/oncology....