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

GUEST:

Dr. David Dodick. Mayo Clinic. Scotsdale, Arizona.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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