Healthy Moments Radio Broadcast
One-minute tips on living a healthy lifestyle featuring Dr. Griffin Rodgers, Director of NIDDK.
Healthy Moments is weekly radio series with corresponding videos in English and Spanish. Episodes focus on preventing and managing diseases that are important to NIDDK’s mission, such as diabetes, weight management, digestive and kidney diseases.
Healthy Moments features NIDDK’s Director, Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers, a renowned researcher in sickle cell anemia, and occasionally scientific or celebrity guests who have experience with the episode topic.
Where Can I Listen to Healthy Moments?
Healthy Moments episodes air on stations across the country, and can be heard on the Rickey Smiley Morning Show, Willie Moore Jr. Show, Get Up! Mornings with Erica Campbell, and Keepin’ It Real With Rev. Al Sharpton.
Listen for Healthy Moments on these Radio One stations:
- WAMJ Majic 107.5 FM Atlanta
- WWIN Magic 95.9 FM Baltimore
- WZAK 93.1 FM Cleveland
- KZMJ Majic 94.5 FM Dallas
- WMMJ Majic 102.3 FM D.C.
- KMJQ Majic 102.1 FM Houston
You can also access past series on our episodes page.
Who Has Been a Guest on Healthy Moments?
Healthy Moments guests have professional expertise or personal experience with the episode topic they lend their voice to. We thank our guests for donating their time and for joining us in helping to educate, create awareness, and provide tips for listeners who may benefit from their knowledge. Healthy Moments special guests include
Celebrities
- Laila Ali
- Debbie Allen
- Merry Clayton
- Sean Elliott
- Freeway
- Chef Joel Gamoran
- Sugar Ray Leonard
- Barbra Streisand
Scientists
- Dr. William Cefalu (NIDDK’s DDEMD)
- Dr. Michael Chiang (NEI)
- Dr. Janine Austin Clayton (ORWH)
- Dr. Rena D'Souza (NIDCR)
- Dr. Gary Gibbons (NHLBI)
- Dr. Joshua Gordon (NIMH)
- Dr. Richard Hodes (NIA)
- Dr. Stephen James (NIDDK’s DDDN)
- Dr. Walter Koroshetz (NINDS)
- Dr. Eliseo Pérez-Stable (NIMHD)
- Dr. Robert Rivers (NIDDK's OMH)
- Dr. Bruce Tromberg (NIBIB)
- Dr. Nora Volkow (NIDA)
- Dr. Susan Yanovski (NIDDK’s OOR)
- Dr. Shannon Zenk (NINR)
Latest Episodes
The nine most recent English episodes appear below. Spanish episodes are also available. Check back weekly for new episodes!
Curious about how the latest anti-obesity medicines compare to other ways of managing weight, like diet and exercise?
Last week, we started a conversation that can be embarrassing to talk about: bowel control. However, talking about the problem is the first step in treatment.
Do you have frequent abdominal pain along with diarrhea or constipation or both? If so, you may have irritable bowel syndrome and should see a doctor.
If someone you know is using drugs or alcohol more often, in larger amounts, or for longer than intended, it might be a sign that they have a substance use disorder.
If stress has increased your drinking, drug use, or use of medicines other than as prescribed, take steps to get the help you need!
If you can't stop taking legal or illegal drugs, medicines, or alcohol, even if you want to, you may have a substance use disorder.
Did you know the National Institutes of Health is working to improve kidney care?
An estimated one in seven people will develop kidney disease in their lifetime. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are steps you can take today to maintain your kidney health.
Did you know that if your kidneys start to struggle, they will automatically work harder? Because of this increased effort, around 90% of people with kidney disease won’t know they have it until it’s advanced.
Featured Video
A Healthy Moments playlist of videos, including Spanish, is available on NIDDK's YouTube channel.
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