Almost 400,000 active duty military personnel have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury. Often hard to diagnose, due to being an “invisible injury,” veterans suffer longer term consequences from TBI like higher rates of Parkinson’s disease and dementia. Next on Line One, a conversation about what is being done to care for and assist our military men and women who suffer life altering injuries while in service.
HOST: Prentiss Pemberton, LCSW
GUESTS:
- Patricia Raymond Turner, MPH
LINKS:
- Not sure where to start looking for information on TBI? Brain Injury Association of America is a good starting point
- If you’re a veteran looking for resources for TBI, visit Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
- Brain Line details the complexities of TBI from combat blasts
PARTICIPATE:
- Call 550-8433 (Anchorage) or 1-888-353-5752 (statewide) during the live broadcast (10:00 – 11:00am)
- Send email to lineone@alaskapublic.org before, during or after the live broadcast (e-mails may be read on air)
- Post your comment or question below (comments may be read on air)
LIVE BROADCAST: Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. AKDT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. AKDT
LINE ONE’S FAVORITE HEALTH AND SCIENCE LINKS:
- Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic offer extensive health information libraries
- MedlinePlus has a guide to finding reliable health information on the internet
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)
- Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit and common logical fallacies
SUBSCRIBE: Get Line One: Your Health Connection updates automatically by:
Prentiss Pemberton is a host of Line One: Your Health Connection at Alaska Public Media. Reach him at lineone@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Prentiss here.
