

Healthy Moments Radio Broadcast
One-minute tips on living a healthy lifestyle featuring Dr. Griffin Rodgers, Director of NIDDK.

Healthy Moments is a series of weekly radio episodes sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Healthy Moments features Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers, the Director of NIDDK, a renowned researcher in the area of sickle cell anemia.
Each week Dr. Rodgers offers tips on how to prevent and control diseases that are important to the community and NIDDK’s mission.
Guests on Healthy Moments have included Kimberly Plummer, Sugar Ray Leonard, Peggy Lewis, Sean Elliott, Dr. Stephen James, Dr. Susan Yanovski, Dr. David Nathan, Pastor David Cobb, Dr. Larry Agodoa, Dr. Gary Gibbons, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Janine Austin Clayton, Dr. Stephen Katz, Dr. Josie Briggs, Dr. Richard Hodes, Dr. Walter Koroshetz, Dr. Paul Sieving, Dr. Nora Valkow, Dr. Roderic Pettigrew, Dr. Perez-Stable, Mr. Eric Dishman, Dr. Joshua Gordon, and more!
To hear tips on how to stay healthy, tune in to Healthy Moments
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On occasion, you can hear Healthy Moments on the Rickey Smiley Morning Show nationwide.
Episodes
Each episode is 1 minute in length.
Women with diabetes can lower their chances of heart attack or stroke by managing their blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol, and not smoking.
Do you know the connection between your heart health and your family’s health?
The right time to start living a heart-healthy life is now—lower your risk for heart disease by quitting smoking, eating healthfully, and treating high blood pressure.
If you are a woman with diabetes, taking steps to manage your illness can lower your chances of having heart disease or stroke—and save your life.
Did you know that while pregnancy causes normal changes in your thyroid gland, it can also lead to thyroid disease?
Normally, high productivity leads to positive results—but when it comes to your thyroid gland, it can have negative consequences.
Did you know that about 5 percent of the U.S. population has hypothyroidism and that women are much more likely to develop this disorder?
Did you know that nearly three million people have glaucoma, yet half don’t know they have it?
Want to eat healthy while still enjoying the occasional indulgence? Paying attention to portion size can help.
More from Dr. Rodgers and NIDDK on Twitter
Get tips on living a healthy lifestyle and updates on the latest scientific research from @NIDDKgov. Tweets by the Director, Dr. Griffin Rodgers, are signed -GR.