Kathy Redmond joins the "Hands of Change" podcast to discuss patient advocacy, her experience working to serve as the voice of the patient and a patient ambassador, as well as share her personal experiences related to living with Dupuytren's, Ledderhose, Adhesive Capsulitis and other immune-fibrotic diseases.   Kathy candidly shares her extensive treatment history from radiation to surgery as well as shares a framework for positive change in Dupuytren's and related disease education, advocacy, and treatment.  We welcome posted questions or future topics for Kathy as well as for future guests and show topics. Thank you for listening.

Guys Jones, M.D., Radiation Oncologist and Medical Director for Oncology Nevada joins the Hands of Change podcast. During the program we discuss Dupuytren's disease and other benign fibroproliferative conditions where radiation has potential benefits. We discuss common questions, expectations and timing for results, Dr. Jones long-standing experience in using radiation for Dupuytren's and much more.

In this episode of "Hands of Change" - Retired Captain Woody Harrington, and father of host Kurt Harrington, share's his experiences of living with Dupuytren's disease. From being initially diagnosed by his First Officer on a trip to under-going eight surgical procedures, Woody has a lot to share for patients living with Dupuytren's, Ledderhose, and Garrod's Knuckle Pads.

This episode of "Hands of Change" podcast briefly reviews the focus of the new show and highlights the content and guest for our upcoming, first full length podcast. The program seeks to increase awareness and information related to Dupuytren's disease - a common, under-served, disabling, regional fibrosis that effects the use of the hands - by bringing together patient, healthcare professionals, and scientists with information to share.