Line One: Migraine Headaches.
Mon, Feb 8, 2010
Many people with migraine headaches are not seeking care for this problem apparently believing that there are no safe and effective treatments but this is not the case. Listen as Dr. Woodard interviews migraine expert Dr. David Dodick.
HOST:
- Dr. Thad Woodard, Anchorage pediatrician
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LINKS:
- American Headache Society.
- National Institute of Neurolgocial Disorders and Stroke.
- Migraine Research Foundation.
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DR. WOODARD’S FAVORITE HEALTH AND SCIENCE LINKS:
- Science Based Medicine
- Quackwatch
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Super Smart Health
- MedlinePlus
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Line One: Medicare
Mon, Feb 1, 2010
Does everyone need to sign up for Medicare at age 65 or do you have other choices? And what does the “prescription doughnut hole” mean, anyway? Find out about the myths and facts of Medicare when Dr. Thad Woodard talks to the head of Alaska’s Medicare Information Office, Judith Bendersky and Robin Schmidt from the State of Alaska’s Medical Information Office this afternoon on Line One: Your Health Connection.
LINKS:
- Medicare.gov
- State of Alaska: Medical Information Office
- Social Security Online: Seattle Region, serving the Northwest states
HELPFUL PHONE #’s:
- Senior Information Office, Alaska’s Medicare Resource: (Local) 269-3680 (Toll Free) 1-800-478-6065
- Social Security Office Alaska: 1-800-772-1213
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Line One: Kidney Stones and Bladder Cancer
Sun, Jan 24, 2010
This week on Line One, host Dr. Thad Woodard talks about kidney stones and bladder cancer with Anchorage urologist Dr. Wesley Turner. Dr. Turner has practiced urological surgery in Alaska since 1994 and became a founding partner of Alpine Urology in 1997. Find out about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract problems and disease on the next Line One Your Health Connection Monday afternoon at 2:00 pm.
- National Cancer Institute: Bladder Cancer
- UrologyChannel: Hematuria
- UrologyStone.com
- Alpine Urology – Anchorage, Homer, Soldotna, Fairbanks
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Line One: Understanding Seizures and Epilepsy
Mon, Jan 18, 2010
Seizures will affect one in every ten people in the U.S. during their lifetime and yet, seizures remain poorly understood by the public. This afternoon on Line One Your Health Connection host Dr. Thad Woodard talks to you and Wasilla neurologist Dr. Jeffrey Sponsler about seizures and epilepsy.
- MedlinePlus: Epilepsy
- American Epilepsy Society (AES)
- Epilepsy Foundation
- Valley Neuroscience Center: Dr. Jeffrey Sponsler
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Line One: Health Care Reform
Sun, Jan 10, 2010
This week on Line One: Your Health Connection, Washington D.C. economist, Dr. Gail Wilensky (pictured right) joins host Dr. Woodard to discuss what health care reform will mean for our health care system and the economy. Learn more about the legislation currently developing in Congress and the topics that are not being addressed.
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Line One: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Mon, Jan 4, 2010
One of the most perplexing mysteries in medicine is sudden infant death. Join Dr. Thad Woodard and his guest Dr. Brad Gessner, Chief of Epidemiology on Women’s, Children’s and Family Health for the State of Alaska as they address your questions about this devastating and perplexing phenomenon on the next edition of Line One: Your Health Connection, Monday afternoon at 2:00 pm.
- MedlinePlus: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- American Academy of Pediatrics: The Changing Concept of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
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Line One: Comparing U.S. Health Care With Other Countries
Mon, Dec 28, 2009
How do other industrialized countries provide health care for their citizens? As we embark on health care system debates and reforms in the U.S., how does our country compare with health care systems around the world? And, what can we learn from other countries to improve our system at home? Join in the conversation with host Dr. Thad Woodard and Dr. Steven Miles (pictured right), Professor of Medicine and Bioethics at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine on Line One: Your Health Connection this afternoon at 2:00 p.m.
- Dr. Steve Miles: U.S. and Developed Countries, Comparing Health Care Systems 2009 (PDF)
- PBS Newshour: Comparing International Health Care Systems
- NPR: Compare International Medical Bills
- NPR: Health Care For All
- Kasier Family Foundation: Timeline – History of Health Reform Efforts in the U.S.
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Line One: Assessing Medical Information
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
Recent guidelines regarding screening mammography for breast cancer have been controversial. Should women trust these recommendations? Are they based on good science and reasoning? Or is the controversy an example of distorted medical information? Listen as Dr. Thad Woodard talks to Dr. Geoffrey Kabat of Albert Einstein College of Medicine about reasoned and distorted medical information and how to tell the difference on the next edition of Line One: Your Health Connection, Monday at 2:00 pm.
- Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards in Daily Life and the Science of Epidemiology
- Einstein News: “Einstein Scientists Link Elevated Insulin to Increased Breast Cancer Risk”
- UCLA Department of Epidemiology: John Snow – a historical giant in epidemiology
- American Council of Science and Health
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Line One: Heart Attacks
Mon, Dec 14, 2009
What are the risk factors that predict heart attacks and what is your personal risk? And most important, what can you do to reduce your risk? Join Dr. Thad Woodard when he interviews Dr. Christopher Dyke of the Alaska Heart Institute on heart health on the next edition of, Line One: Your Health Connection this afternoon at 2:00 pm.
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Line One: Population Health and Health Care Costs
Mon, Dec 7, 2009
How can the health of our population be declining versus other “rich” countries even though we spend close to twice as much per person on health care? Join Dr. Thad Woodard today as he interviews Dr. Stephen Bezruchka (right) from the University of Washington School of Public Health on population health this afternoon at 2:00 pm on Line One: Your Health Connection.
- Population Health Forum
- GINI Coefficient World CIA Report 2009
- University of Washington: Department of Global Health
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