Line One: Medicare
Does everyone need to sign up for Medicare at age 65 or do you have other choices? And what does the “prescription doughnut hole”...
Line One: Kidney Stones and Bladder Cancer
This week on Line One , host Dr. Thad Woodard talks about kidney stones and bladder cancer with Anchorage urologist Dr. Wesley Turner....
Line One: Understanding Seizures and Epilepsy
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...
Line One: Health Care Legislation
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...
Line One: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
One of the most perplexing mysteries in medicine is sudden infant death. Join Dr. Thad Woodard and his guest Dr. Brad Gessner,...
Line One: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
One of the most perplexing mysteries in medicine is sudden infant death. Join Dr. Thad Woodard and his guest Dr. Brad Gessner,...
Line One: Comparing U.S. Health Care With Other Countries
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.,...
Line One: Comparing U.S. Health Care With Other Countries
How do other industrialized countries provide health care for their citizens? As we embark on health care system debates and reforms in the...
Line One: Assessing Medical Information
Recent guidelines regarding screening mammography for breast cancer have been controversial. Should women trust these recommendations? Are they based on good science...
Line One: Assessing Medical Information
Recent guidelines regarding screening mammography for breast cancer have been controversial. Should women trust these recommendations? Are they based on good science and reasoning?...
Line One: Heart Attacks
What are the risk factors that predict heart attacks and what is your personal risk? And most important, what can you do to reduce...
Line One: Heart Attacks
What are the risk factors that predict heart attacks and what is your personal risk? And most important, what can you do to...
Line One: Population Health and Health Care Costs
How can the health of our population be declining versus other “rich” countries even though we spend close to twice as much per person...
Line One: Population Health and Health Care Costs
How can the health of our population be declining versus other “rich” countries even though we spend close to twice as much per person...
Line One: Health Claims – Skeptics Want Evidence
Ever wonder if what you read about the latest cure for the common cold was true? Or if what you saw in an advertisement...
Line One: Health Claims – Skeptics Want Evidence
Ever wonder if what you read about the latest cure for the common cold was true? Or if what you saw in an advertisement...
Line One: Vitamin D
How important is vitamin D to our health? How can those of us in Alaska be sure were are getting enough of this vitamin...
Line One: Vitamin D
How important is vitamin D to our health? How can those of us in Alaska be sure were are getting enough of this vitamin...
Line One: Peripheral Artery Disease
Do you have diabetes or hypertension? Are you overweight? Do you smoke? Do your legs or hips ache or cramp while walking? Is your...
Line One: Peripheral Artery Disease
Do you have diabetes or hypertension? Are you overweight? Do you smoke? Do your legs or hips ache or cramp while walking? Is your...