SPONSORED: Dr. Sean and Dr. Sara McPeck are vets -- and they’re vets. Here’s how this couple tapped into their experience caring for military dogs in Afghanistan to build a first-of-its-kind comprehensive veterinary medical center in Palmer.
SPONSORED: Martin Parsons thought he’d be a commercial fisherman like his dad. Instead, he’s a leader in oil and gas safety — and his wife and son work alongside him, making it a family affair.
SPONSORED: Severe mental illness used to mean a lifetime of hospitalization, but that’s not the case anymore. What changed?
SPONSORED: Advertised as a healthier alternative to smoking and popular with young people, e-cigarettes were a cause of worry for health professionals even before they were associated with an outbreak of respiratory illness.
SPONSORED: From village clinicians to a former NBA player, organizers are finding success with homegrown approaches to preventing suicide deaths.
SPONSORED: Alaska’s only dedicated neonatal treatment program works to keep families affected by substance abuse together.
SPONSORED: With a focus on holistic healing, the clinic at Alaska Native Medical Center is helping its patients overcome chronic pain.
SPONSORED: From ceramics to shoes to painted taxidermy, Romney Dodd isn’t afraid to take chances with her art when she knows her fellow Alaskans are standing behind her.
SPONSORED: A new event in Anchorage brings fun to health and wellness
SPONSORED: This researcher found that switching to a high-fiber diet armed patients’ bodies with cancer-crushing bacteria. Now he’s seeking volunteers for a study that aims to put an end to colorectal cancer’s devastating effect on Alaska Native people.
SPONSORED: Juneau’s Kyle Worl wants his teenage athletes to think of Native Youth Olympics as more than “just a hobby.”
SPONSORED: Cannabis is more than just THC. We talked to Alaska scientists to learn more about what’s going on with the plant -- and in your body -- when you partake.
SPONSORED: Meet a young Alaska professional who says when it comes to her FASD diagnosis, knowledge is power.
SPONSORED: The advice you get when you’re expecting ranges from wise to questionable to downright bad - and the facts about drinking during pregnancy are often drowned out in the din.
SPONSORED: As researchers learn more about fetal alcohol exposure, there’s one thing that’s perfectly clear: It’s impossible to predict who will be impacted, how it will affect them, or why some babies will face more challenges than others.
SPONSORED: Modern problems like substance abuse and suicide often have their roots in traumas that took place in the past — but looking to the past may also help Alaska Native people prevent and heal from them.
SPONSORED: As the long-term impacts of trauma are better understood, providers in Alaska are working to adapt the way they treat trauma patients -- and to avoid seeing them in the first place.
SPONSORED: Long a fixture in rural areas, the Alaska Community Health Aide Program over the years has grown, evolved, and expanded to new disciplines - and begun to inspire similar initiatives beyond Alaska.
SPONSORED: From Okinawa to Iceland to the Mediterranean, you might be surprised to learn how much the healthiest populations on Earth have in common with Alaska Native people.
SPONSORED: For Pete Kaiser, the first Yup’ik racer to win the Iditarod, mushing is a connection to his culture that tests his physical and mental strength.
