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Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

Guest: Roger McIntyre, MD

Substance abuse, obesity and bipolar disorder are major public health problems. They frequently co-occur, but what is the relationship between substance abuse and obesity in bipolar disorder? Dr. Roger McIntyre, associate professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at the University of Toronto and head of the Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit at the University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss his surprising research findings.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD

Guest: Thomas Seyfried, PhD

Caloric restricted ketogenic diets have become a standard of care in epilepsy. Join host Dr. Bruce Bloom and his guest, Dr. Thomas Seyfried, professor of biology at Boston College and associate editor of the Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, as they talk about the lab and mouse research that is pointing to caloric restricted ketogenic diets for brain cancer therapy.

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD

Guest: Thomas Seyfried, PhD

Brain tumors are a near-certain death sentence, and the treatment process is notoriously arduous and unrelenting. Yet there is evidence to suggest that there may be a way for us to alleviate some of the pain and other treatment-related symptoms for patients. Dr. Thomas Seyfried, professor of biology at Boston College and associate editor of the journal Nutrition and Metabolism, joins host Dr. Bruce Bloom to explore the possibility of combining chemotherapy with a calorie-restricted ketogenic diet, as a means to extend and improve the lives of brain cancer patients.

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD

Guest: Coleen Kelly, MD

More than 150,000 obese American people undergo bariatric surgery annually. Many of these patients are women who will become pregnant. Dr. Colleen Kelly, a gastroenterologist at Women and Infants Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, joins host Dr. Lauren Streicher to discuss this growing patient population. The two discuss which surgical option is best for a woman who wants to conceive, along with nutritional guidlines, complications, and of course the health of the baby.