Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Lise Alschuler, ND Most patients want access to every tool available to them while battling cancer and often look to their physicians for help. In addition to chemotherapy and radiation, there are many non-conventional treatment options to consider, many of which complement the impact of radiation and chemotherpy. Join host Dr. Bill Rutenberg talk with Lise Alschuler, ND, Director of the Naturopathic Medicine Department at Cancer Treatment Centers of America, to learn more about non-tradtional cancer treatments and the benefit of collaborative approaches to treating cancer patients.

Host: Bill Rutenberg, MD Guest: Lise Alschuler, ND Join host Dr. Bill Rutenberg speaking with Dr. Lise Alschuler, ND about the book she recently co-authored, titled Definitive Guide to Cancer: An Integrated Approach to Prevention, Treatment and Healing.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: John Richert, MD Dr. John Richert describes the role of the office practice in this disease. Vague symptoms can be the first presentation of the relapsing-remitting form of this condition and lead to the appropriate tests and diagnosis. Here is where support for living with disability and frustations can be found.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: John Richert, MD Dr. John Richert speaks about the genome abnormality in multiple sclerosis. The etiology is in early discovery stage and leading towards what he describes as the Three Cures.

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: John Richert, MD Dr. John Richert discusses 6 approved drugs that have changed the lives of the young patients who have this disabling disease. The early diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and the prompt institution of therapy is beginning to show dividends in that the disease does not progress as rapidly.

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Jan Berger, MD The annual cost of diabetes care in this country is rapidly approaching $200 billion, an astonishing figure that has nearly doubled since the beginning of this decade. Dr. Jan Berger, senior vice president and chief clinical officer of the Caremark Corporation, tells host Bruce Japsen that it does not have to be this way. Patients with this potentially deadly disease must work more efficiently in coordination with their physicians toward proper management of care.

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Jan Berger, MD It's problem enough in this country that there are millions without health insurance coverage, but even when they do have coverage, doctors don't know what their patients' co-pays are or what their ability is to pay. But Dr. Jan Berger, Chief Clinical Officer of pharmacy giant CVS/Caremark tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about the movement toward evidence-based health plan design that could give patients more information in choosing medical care.

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Jan Berger, MD An unprecedented number of elderly leave their doctors' offices with prescriptions thanks to Medicare's drug benefits and the soaring number of aging baby boomers in need of medications. But did you know a large number of these patients don't get their prescriptions filled and don't adhere to what the doctor wrote for them? Dr. Jan Berger, Chief Clinical Officer for CVS/Caremark Corp. tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen about the latest efforts of the pharmacy industry to get their patients to adhere to their medications.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Philip Greipp, MD From the 5th Mayo Clinic State of the Art Symposium on Hematologic Malignancies, your host Dr. Bruce Bloom interviews its organizers and speakers; Dr. Phil Greipp, Dr. David Steensma, Dr. Rafael Fonseca, and Dr. Ruben Mesa in discussing the origin, growth, and goals of the conference.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: Ruben Mesa, MD, FACP, MPN Expert On location from the Mayo Clinic's 5th State of the Art Symposium on Hematological Malignancies in Phoenix, AZ, host Dr. Bruce Bloom discusses the goals and highlights of the conference with its co-director, Dr. Ruben Mesa, a hematologist, medical oncologist, and associate professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ.