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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Episodes

Each episode is 1 minute in length.

The Importance of Organ Donation in the African American Community

Feb. 24, 2020
African Americans are at high risk of kidney failure, and kidney transplants work best between donors and recipients of the same race—so consider donating.

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Take Control of Your Blood Pressure

Feb. 17, 2020
Having a treatment plan for high blood pressure can help prevent or delay related health issues.

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Overweight & Heart Disease: Show Your Heart Some Love

Feb. 10, 2020
For Valentine’s, show your heart some love by getting physically active and going easy on sweets.

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HIV in the African American Community

Feb. 3, 2020
Getting tested for HIV is simple, fast, and confidential—and helps stop the infection from spreading.

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Using Research to Improve Testing for Thyroid Cancer

Jan. 27, 2020
Research is identifying ways to improve testing for thyroid cancer and make surgery less likely.

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Pregnancy and Thyroid Disease

Jan. 20, 2020
Pregnancy causes normal changes in your thyroid gland, but it can also lead to thyroid disease.

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Understanding Hyperthyroidism

Jan. 13, 2020
Hyperthyroidism can cause muscle weakness, sleep problems, goiters, and other symptoms—but your doctor can recommend treatment options.

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What Is Hypothyroidism?

Jan. 6, 2020
Hypothyroidism can cause fatigue, weight gain, depression, and other symptoms—but once diagnosed, it is easily treated.

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What Is the Thyroid Gland?

Dec. 30, 2019
If your thyroid gland produces too much or too little hormone, it can cause health problems.

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