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Hour 1: YOU The Owner's Manual Radio 12.20.14

World-renowned physician, Dr. Michael Roizen, MD, continues to update your understanding of the meaning of health by providing an in-depth review of the most impactful health headlines.

Joined by his co-host, Joe Galuski, they discuss the health news that matters most to you.

The duo is later joined by Piera Pasinelli and Davide Trotti, co-directors of the Weinberg Unit for ALS Research. They'll share the latest on how Lou Gehrig's disease develops and how doctors might be able to fight it.

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Hour 1: YOU The Owner's Manual Radio 12.20.14
Featuring:
Piera Pasinelli, PhD & Davide Trotti, PhD
Piera Pasinelli is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Co-Director of the Weinberg Unit for ALS Research, Co-Director of the Graduate Program in Neuroscience at Thomas Jefferson University and Scientific Director of the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins University. She studied neuro-biochemistry at the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands where she received her PhD, and did her postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University’s Massachusetts General Hospital. Her research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying motor neuron dysfunction and death in ALS.

Davide Trotti is a Professor of Neuroscience, Co-Director of the Weinberg Unit for ALS Research. He performed his doctoral work at the Universita Degli Studi di Milano and postdoctoral work at Harvard University’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His research focuses on the causes of neuronal death in the brain during neuro-degenerative diseases like ALS.