October 2, 2006 - Dr. Carolyn Dean

www.carolyndean.com
www.yeastconnection.com

Dr Dean is an expert in difficult to diagnose conditions such ashormonal imbalances, estrogen dominance, yeast overgrowth, magnesium deficiency, inflammation, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and digestive and intestinal disorders, which has led her to write 4 acclaimed books on the subject. They are Hormone Balance: A Woman’s Guide to Restoring Health, The Yeast Connection and Women’s Health, The Miracle of Magnesium and Irritable Bowel Syndrome for Dummies. 

She has also co-authored seven other books that address traditional and alternative medicine for many of these conditions and well as hundreds of others. 

What makes Dr Carolyn Dean an expert in addressing these conditions is her unique background that spans 28 years. She is a medical doctor, naturopathic physician, homeopath, acupuncturist, clinical nutritionist and herbalist. 

She does not take a generalized or standardized approach to treating her patients. Dr. Dean evaluates symptoms from a broad range of perspectives using many medical resources and offers a wide array of medical healing applications. For each patient, she creates individualized formulas for reversing illness and restoring health, and she has had success in identifying and alleviating conditions that often seem mystifying and puzzling. 

October 9, 2006 – Dr. Jesse Hanley

Author: Tired of Being Tired

www.jessehanleymd.com

Jesse Hanley MD has gained national recognition for her outstanding contributions to the advancement of holistic medicine giving regular radio and television interviews. She was the health expert on “Wake Up America” a twelve week, three-hour program on KFOX Radio.  She appeared on an NBC special about Doctors as Healers, on “CBS This Morning,” and as the feature speaker on a one-hour CNN special about the National Institutes of Health. 

Interviewed and quoted in numerous women’s health books and magazines, she has an international reputation as a medical expert teaching numerous courses to other physicians and the public on topics including nutrition, PMS, healthy menopause, rejuvenation and longevity.

She is the former Medical Director of the Malibu Health and Rehabilitation Center where she was in private practice for the majority of her twenty years in practice.  Her book, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause (Warner Books January 1999), co-authored with John R. Lee, M.D., has sold over two million copies in print around the world.   Her latest book, Tired of Being Tired, on the topic of burnout was published by Putnam in 2001.

October 16, 2006 - Melissa Diane Smith

Author, nutritionist and health educator
Coauthor: The national bestselling Syndrome X

www.melissadianesmith.com

Melissa Diane Smith is a leading nutritionist and health educator who specializes in sugar-related health conditions, including metabolic syndrome, polycystic ovary syndrome, diabetes and prediabetes, and grain-related conditions, including celiac disease, other autoimmune diseases and unexplained infertility. Her philosophy is that food is our best medicine and she counsels clients and gives presentations on this subject to healthcare professional and mainstream audiences throughout the United States and Canada.

Melissa is the coauthor of the national best selling book, Syndrome X: The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Insulin Resistance and author of the books Going Against the Grain: How Reducing and Avoiding Grains Can Revitalize Your Health and Basic Health Publications' include User's Guide to Preventing and Reversing Diabetes Naturally.  Her other books include Why Am I Always So Tired, User's Guide to Vitamin E. She also writes nutrition-related articles for numerous magazines and publications, including Better Nutrition, Let's Live Body & Soul's Holistic Health, Yoga Journal, Delicious Living and DiabetesInControl.com.  Her work has been written about in The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Woman's World, First for Women magazine and on WebMD and she has spoken at numerous conferences, including the American Academy of Physician Assistants annual conference, the "Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: The Perfect Endocrine Storm" conference, and Natural Products Expo West.

October 23, 2006 - Kate Neal

Coauthor: Balancing Hormones Naturally

www.cnelm.co.uk
www.nutprac.com

Director of Center for Nutrition Education and Lifestyle Management (CNELM), Wokingham, Berkshire. Programme Leader for BSc Hons Nutritional Therapy validated by Middlesex University MU and MU accredited postgraduate courses. Founding Editor of the professional journal The Nutrition Practitioner, author of Balancing Hormones Naturally and practitioner for 20 years specializing in women’s health and children with learning and behavioral difficulties. 2003 CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) Award Winner for contribution to nutritional therapy over 20 years.

October 30, 2006 - Dr. Scott Isaacs

Coauthor: Hormonal Balance: Understanding Hormones, Weight, and Your Metabolism, Overcoming Metabolic Syndrome and A Simple Guide to Thyroid Disorders.

www.IntelligentHealthCenter.com

Scott Isaacs, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E., is a board-certified endocrinologist in Atlanta, Georgia, where he is Medical Director at Intelligent Health Center, a multidisciplinary center for the treatment of endocrine disorders and obesity.  He conducts research on obesity, stress and diabetes and has published many articles in peer-reviewed medical journals, including the Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Diabetes Care and the Journal of Critical Care.  His articles have been referenced and cited in hundreds of subsequent publications including a listing as a primary reference in the 2006 American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) and American Diabetes Association (ADA) Consensus Statement on Inpatient Diabetes and Glycemic Control. 

Dr. Isaacs is the author of Hormonal Balance: Understanding Hormones, Weight and Your Metabolism (Bull Publishing, 2002, second ed., 2006), A Simple Guide to Thyroid Disorders: from Diagnosis to Treatment (Addicus Books, 2003), Overcoming Metabolic Syndrome (Addicus Books, 2005) and The Leptin Boost Diet (Ulysses Press, 2006).