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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It’s beginning to sound like a broken record, but the United States has a problem with obesity. Almost half of adults over the age of 20 live with the disease,...
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The dangers of air pollution are all too familiar. It heightens the risk of respiratory infection, heart disease and, of course, lung cancer. Long-term exposure can damage other organs, including...
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Saint Patrick’s Day is right around the corner and for many, there is only one way to celebrate — with a pint. Or many. Even on a celebratory holiday like...
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Scientists from the University of California, San Francisco are just itching to let the world know what they found in a study about when and why we scratch. It’s only...
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If you have hearing aids but don’t use them, you might be unknowingly shortening your life. Hearing aids and lifespan may seem incongruous, but consider these recent findings by University...
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How old is that Pop Tart in the bottom of your desk drawer? Or that wizened granola bar, slowingly becoming as ancient as its alleged grains? Shelf-stable items have their...
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If even the premise of the movie “Snakes on a Plane” sent you into a flop sweat, here’s some possibly comforting news. Those who suffer from two phobias and go...
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Surely, you’ve heard the saying that age is nothing but a number. Perhaps you feel younger than you are. Maybe your joints scream that you are older. To understand whether...
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Avoiding memory and thinking problems later in life could depend on your sleep quality in middle age. That’s what researchers with the American Academy of Neurology learned recently after studying...
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Now hear this: Scientists have found a link between hearing loss and the onset of dementia. It’s a curious pairing of medical issues, but scientists in Denmark recently made the...