Your Amazing Brain: ‘An Owners Guide for Maintenance and Performance’
Ever wonder how we know what we know, and if we really know it at all? What about the question of certainty and the significance of perception? How do fear and anxiety get stuck in our brains and how do we break free of them? Line One host Prentiss Pemberton and Anchorage neuropsychologist, Dr. Paul Craig, tackle these questions and more as they dive into a discussion about the amazing organs we call our brains.
KSKA: Monday, Dec. 15, at 2:00 and 9:00 p.m.
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Line One: Gonorrhea and STDs
There was an epidemic of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea in Alaska last year. The spike in numbers was the largest one year increase...
Line One: Mental Health Mosaics – Houselessness and crisis response
During the third installment of Mental Health Mosaics on Line One, we learn about the intersections of houselessness and mental health through the stories of two individuals.
Line One: Parkinson's disease
Typically characterized by muscle rigidity, tremor, a slowing of physical movement and, in extreme cases, a loss of physical movement, Parkinson's disease is a...
Line One: Podiatry
Dr. Ken Swayman of Alaska Podiatry Associates joins host Dr. Woodard this week on Line One: Your Health Connection to discuss disorders of of...
Preventing fetal alcohol exposure and its effects
Monday, August 21, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. On this Line One program the focus is on efforts to prevent fetal alcohol exposure and its effects. We will discuss local and national efforts and the challenges to preventing the lifelong effects that alcohol can cause in the developing fetus.
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Line One: Community Health Centers in Alaska
August 8 – 14 is National Health Center Week 2010, celebrating 45 years of service. The executive director of Alaska Primary Care Association, Marilyn...
Toxic Anger
Anger is a completely normal and necessary human emotion. But, it can get out of control, turn destructive, and lead to problems with your health, family relationships, and in the overall quality of your life. On the next Line One, Clinical Psychologist Dr. Bruce Pemberton, Ed.D will join us to discuss “Toxic Anger” and how healthy anger can motivate us and improve our lives.
KSKA: Monday 8/26 at 2:00 pm and 9:00 pm
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Tuberculosis in Alaska
Alaska has led the nation in reported tuberculosis cases for decades, and at double the national rate. On the next Line One co-host Prentiss Pemberton and guests discuss the health risks of tuberculosis and the importance of testing and treatment.
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The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health
Much of the extended life span of humans today can be attributed to the control of pathogenic microbes. As a result the promotion of health and attention on chronic disease is becoming the focus of health care. However, along the way we are discovering a new appreciation of the health benefits provided by much more abundant non-pathogenic microbes that evolved with us and make up about 2 % of our weight. December 21, 2015 Download Audio
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.,...
“Less than human”- Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others
Are we, in America, “immune” from the risk of a genocide event? On the next Line One, Professor of Philosophy at the University of New England, Dr. David Livingstone Smith, will join co-host Prentiss Pemberton for a discussion about dehumanization, fear, and moral disengagement.
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LISTEN: Managing Alzheimer’s is difficult for both patients and their families. What resources are there in Alaska?
Alzheimer’s disease affects the lives of 8,500 Alaskans. While the disease is devastating to the patient, it also provides incredible challenges for caregivers and family.
Marijuana legalization in Alaska
Monday, May 9, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. Personal recreational marijuana use and possession became legal in Alaska on February 24, 2015. On this Line One program we will discuss where the State is in the development of regulations and what we know about the effects of marijuana and it’s legalization in other states.
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Line One: Feet and Ankles
Some of your most pressing and interesting questions come from you asking about our feet and ankles. This week on Line One: Your Health...
Gynecologic cancers: diagnosis, treatment and prevention
Dr. Jay Butler speaks with Anchorage gynecologic oncologist Dr. Joanie Mayer-Hope of Alaska Women’s Cancer Care to discuss the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of gynecologic cancers.
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Obesity and Surgical Options
Monday, July 11, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
The origins and treatment of obesity are both complex. For some individuals the benefits of surgery begin to outweigh the risks. On the next Line One program we discuss the causes and treatment of obesity.
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Line One: Child Abuse, Part 2
Today, Dr. Thad Woodard continues his discussion of child abuse with Dr. Cathy Baldwin-Johnson, MD who is also the medical director of Alaska CARES....
Line One: Anxiety
Dr. Margaret Wehrenberg, an expert on the treatment of anxiety and depression joins Dr. Woodard this afternoon on Line One: Your Health Connection. Author...
LISTEN: Let’s get to the guts of it! Colon and rectum health from top to bottom.
The digestive tract is one organized system that includes multiple organs from the stomach to the liver to the intestines and more. But what can happen when something goes wrong? Let’s start to understand this system from the bottom to the top.