What are the real forces behind wars and armed conflicts? Ambassador Gordan Streeb shares his insights about what drives conflicts around the globe, as viewed from his position as the Associate Executive Director for Peace Programs at The Carter Center.
Ambassador Gordon Streeb is associate executive director for the Peace Programs at The Carter Center. Established by former President Jimmy Caeter, Dr. Streeb oversees center projects to promote democracy, human rights, economic development, and conflict resolution. Dr. Streeb came to The Carter Center in 1994 as diplomat-in-residence near the end of a 30-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service, a professional path that included assignments in West Berlin, Mexico, Geneva, and New Delhi, culminating in his appointment as ambassador to Zambia from 1990-1993.
Dr. Betty Ferrell found that even in the best hospitals in the United States, the end of life care is not what you would expect. Learn what you need to know to ensure you and your loved ones get the best of care when it really matters most.
Dr. Betty Ferrel is an oncology nursing professional who is widely known for her quality of life and end of life care work. She is an award winning research scientist with more than 250 publications, including 4 books. She played a central role in a study on End of Life Care in America sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Her eye opening report of findings is clear and compelling.
We have a sick care system, not a health care system–we seek medical help AFTER we get ill. Dr. Rob Mathis tells us about the “new medicine”, medicine focused on knowledge of how we can get and stay fit and healthy.
Dr. Rob Mathis is a certified complementary medicine practitioner who is among the pioneers working to refocus medicine on what we need to know and do to stay fit, healthy and live long and well. He has special expertise in weight management, diabetes and Heart Rate Variability (HRV). HRV is a good measure of the overall balance of the autonomic nervous system, which is a powerful marker for fitness and health. He is doing original work in developing health screening measures to prevent disease, facilitate longevity and optimize well-being throughout the lifespan.
Today’s athletes tend to be physically fit but mentally unfit. Dr. Lowell Grabau tell us that they lack the poise, control and inner character that only comes with training in both mind and body, training essential for stopping sports violence, dishonesty and corruption worldwide.
Dr. Lowell Grabau is a psychologist, author, trainer, and President of the National Institute of Sports Professionals (NISP). He’s also a musician, sailor, and former professor at Baylor College of Medicine, as well as a former football referee and an avid sports fan. NISP is an organization deeply committed to helping sports professionals cope with the problems they face due to the extraordinary financial pressure to score/win/defeat their opponent—at all costs—or else.
Even medical advertisements that pass the Federal Food and Drug Administration tests can be misleading and cause you to seek medical treatments and drugs that you don’t need, drugs that can be dangerous to your health. Get the details from medical consumer watchdog Arthur Levin MPH.
Authur Levin is Director of the Center for Medical Consumers. The Center works to improve health care, protect our rights and to help us make safe and sound decisions as Medical Consumers. It’s entirely supported by private contributions, newsletter subscriptions—it takes no funding from the drug and device industries.
Pharmaceutical companies have much more influence on how doctors diagnose, classify and treat our health problems than most of us realize. Before you take another drug you’ll want to here this interview with Dr. Dominick Riccio.
Dominick Riccio, is the director of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology. ICSPP is devoted to educating professionals and the public concerning the impact of health theories on public policy and the effects of ill-conceived treatment upon individual well-being, personal freedom, and family and community values. Dr. Riccio is a wise and passionate voice explaining the risks of drugging ourselves for medical conditions that we don’t really have.
Dr. David Healy gives us a behind the scenes look at the real story about how drugs known to drive children to suicidal thoughts, and that may cause men’s testicles to shrink, won FDA approval for sale to the public.
Dr. David Healy is one of the worlds most preeminent psychopharmacologists. He Directs the North Wales Department of Psychological Medicine and he’s the author of more than 120 articles and 12 books, including the Antidepressant Era. Because of his expertise at conducting and reviewing scientific research, he is a sought after consultant and expert witness. He explains the amazing story behind antidepressant drugs and suicide risk, including the nasty hype, greed and politics involved.
Yes. Loneliness kills and so does the inability to express your deepest feelings. Listen to Dr. James Lynch explain why it’s so important to learn to listen to and speak from your heart.
James Lynch, Ph.D., is an award-winning psychologist, author, teacher, gifted research scientist and the director of Life Care Health Associates. His work shows that our heart has a language that we need to learn and listen to and that the health consequences of our loneliness can be deep and devastating.
The evidence that men and women are not naturally monogamous is pretty compelling. So is it realistic to expect to be sexually attracted to your mate for a lifetime? Dr. Pepper Schwartz says probably not… but so what?
Dr. Pepper Schwartz is an esteemed professor of Sociology at the University of Washington. She’s well known for her pioneering studies and writings on sex and relationships. She’s authored thirteen books and is a highly respected expert media commentator, often appearing on Oprah, the Today Show, Dateline and Good Morning America.
Surprisingly, doctors and hospitals are a leading cause of death in America. Dr. Ward Dean explains why, and he gives us compelling insights about what we need to know and do to survive the health care system.
Dr.Ward Dean is now the Medical Director of the Watson Health Clinic in, Florida. He has published more than 70 articles and reviews in professional journals, and is the author of Biological Aging Measurement—Clinical Applications [1988], co-author of The Neuroendocrine Theory of Aging and Degenerative Disease (with the late Professor Vladimir Dilman) [1992], and co-author of Smart Drugs & Nutrients.
