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MPR News with Angela Davis
Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

Wellness Wednesday health highlights

Coming up 9 a.m. on Wednesday

x-ray of a broken art with metal plate
MPR News host Angela Davis broke bones in her left elbow in 2022 that required a metal plate with screws to stabilize after surgery.
Courtesy of Angela Davis

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Every Wednesday on MPR News with Angela Davis, you can listen to conversations about health and wellness.

Coming up at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, MPR News host Angela Davis revisits highlights from recent conversations.

Angela and her guests talk about how fewer teenagers are smoking, but more are vaping and using nicotine pouches.

And, in a nod to Halloween, we’ll take a close look at our skeleton. Bone health is important across a lifetime. Learn what kinds of exercise and nutrition can help keep your bones healthy from your teen years to old age.

Guests:

  • Sharrilyn Helgertz is a former senior research scientist for the Minnesota Department of Health. Helgertz specializes in collecting and analyzing data around tobacco use among youth and adults in Minnesota.  

  • Mike Sheldon is the commercial tobacco cessation communications coordinator for the Minnesota Department of Health. He is also a spokesman from Quit Partner, a free program that offers coaching, medications, texts, emails and other tools to help people quit smoking.

  • Dr. Jad Sfeir is an endocrinologist and gerontologist and an assistant professor at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in Rochester. He specializes in osteoporosis and age-related decline in bone strength.

  • Dr. Suzanne Hecht is an associate professor with the sports medicine program at the University of Minnesota Medical School and a physician with M Health Fairview. She’s also a team physician for University of Minnesota Athletics and U.S. Figure Skating and is a member of the USA Gymnastics National Healthcare Referral Network. 

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