WNRN’s Weekly Public Affairs Program
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Host Rick Moore speaks with Don Crosby (above knee amputee; Vietnam War Veteran), Dawn Cornell (below knee amputee; fork lift accident), Judy Martin (below knee amputee; medical, diabetic/vascular) and Mary Grant (Orthopedic Surgery Prosthetics [Limbs on the Go support group]) about their stories, the problems that come with being an amputee, and more.
On the Oct. 18 Wake-Up Call, Rick talks with Dr. Peter Heymann, head of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Medicine at the UVA Medical Center, in a comprehensive discussion about food allergies and increasing allergic responses.
On the May 17 Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Mary Lynn Mathre and Al Byrne of Patients Out of Time (POT), about therapeutic cannibus, or medical marijuana.
This week’s edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call with Rick Moore is a discussion about Alzheimer’s - what it is, how to catch it, and what to expect in those that have it. Sue Friedman is the President of the Central and Western Virginia Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, and joins Rick in the studio to answer questions about the disease. Why does it occur? How can you distinguish normal age-related memory loss from more serioius concerns such as Alzheimer’s? A mother also relates her experiences dealing with dementia, which both her parents suffered from.
For more information about the disease, you can visit the National Alzheimer’s Association’s website, or the website for the local chapter for Central Virginia. You can also call 1-800-272-3900 to be connected to the National hotline for the Alzheimer’s Association.
On this March 2nd, 2008 edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Suzanne Bischoff of the Epilepsy Foundation of Virginia; and Howard Goodkin, Assistant Professor at UVA’s Department of Neurology, join host Rick Moore for a discussion about Epilepsy. Is medication the only way to treat Epilepsy? What about diet and nutrition, or other less conventional solutions? The guests discuss this, as well as how loved ones of those with Epilepsy deal with the disorder.
They also talk about the stigma associated with Epilepsy, and the challenges Epileptics deal with in many parts of life: dating, socializing, even getting to work. Learn about this “invisible disorder” that affects millions of people every year - only on the Wake-Up Call.
