Health in a Heartbeat
Airs twice a day on weekdays, once during Morning Edition and after the PBS NewsHour on WUFT 89.1 and 90.1
Health in a Heartbeat is a credible source of health information that inspires and informs listeners and satisfies their growing appetite for news they can use. For more than 10 years Health in a Heartbeat has offered a daily dose of medical wisdom.
Produced by the UF Health and WUFT-FM and voiced by Sue Wagner.
Recent Episodes
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Before antibiotics became widely available in the first half of the 20th century, we humans were vulnerable to all kinds of ailments. An infected tooth could take you out. So...
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Several years ago, researchers at the University of Oxford studied the relationship between people’s self-reported alcohol intake and their brains. They concluded that, when it comes to brain health, there...
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Artificial intelligence, or AI, went from a science-fiction trope to a pervasive phenomenon found in people’s daily lives in the blink of an eye. And while this new, digital-based...
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Much like feeling behind in class, comparing how hard you work to everyone else doesn’t always help — and a new study suggests it might even hurt. Researchers at The...
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Do you feel that? It starts with a throbbing pain in your head and becomes so much more. The headache leads to nausea, a ringing sensation in your ears, maybe...
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Some people are just built differently. In the case of the Haenyeo [hen-yeo], however, the formula is a little nature, a little nurture and a whole lot of cold water....
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We’ve all been there. You climb into bed, needing to sleep before a big day at work. Your mind races, one thought interrupting another. Hours go by while you toss...
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You do it at work. You do it at home. Sometimes you even do it while out with friends or family. Everyone knows that yawning is a common sign of...
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Close your eyes. When you think of the word “vacation,” where are you? A tropical island, lying on the beach with a drink in your hand as waves gently wash...
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Anybody who’s ever tried to rouse a sleeping teenager (or who has been a teenager themselves) is probably aware that it can be a tough task. But it’s not without...