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News Radio 680 WPTF invites listeners to call-in and ask their health-related questions to Cardiologist and Internal Medicine Specialist Dr. Franklin Wefald.

Heart Health


    • Oct 8, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 261 EPISODES


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    Heart Health 10-8-22

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2022 47:40


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk with Rose Hobin of North Carolina Health News. They also talk about a special needs employee being fired from his job at a Wendy's and the new COVID Vaccine that has been approved

    Heart Health 10-1-22

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2022 70:17


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk with Rose Hobin of North Carolina Health News. They also talk about if coffee is good for you or not and an update on Dave's foot injury

    Full Episode Heart Health 09-24-22

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2022 71:14


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk with Rose Hobin of North Carolina Health News. They also talk about Dr. Wefald being mistaken for a family doctor and ED therapy with soundwaves.

    Heart Health 09-10-22

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2022 43:20


    Mike Sleyman sits in for Dave Alexander. He and Dr. Wefald talk about partial heart transplants and cardiac stress tests.

    Heart Health 9-3-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2022 90:05


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk about the docs new "No-No diet" he is on, the difference between regular and diet Coke, and why Shania Twain was feeling ill.

    Heart Health 8-24-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2022 93:44


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk with Rose Hobin of North Carolina Health News. They also talk Dr. Fauci stepping down from his current position and if high blood pressure is still a health risk if you treat it successfully.

    Heart Health 8-13-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2022 93:24


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk about snake bites, rabies and Dave's experience with his CPAP machine

    Heart Health 8-6-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2022 95:21


    Live from "The Pet Expo" Dave and Dr. Wefald talk with Leah Spear from Craft Body Scanning about the benefits of getting a full body scan, and also with Judith Young from "Pet Partners" about therapy dogs.

    Heart Health 7-30-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2022 95:07


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk with Rose Hobin of North Carolina Health News, They also talk about if coffee is good for you or not and what taking naps can mean about your health

    Heart Health 7-23-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2022 95:17


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk with Rose Hobin of North Carolina Health News, they also talk about depression and the stigma around it and mental illness as a whole and doctors not being able to give certain things to a patient.

    Heart Health 7-16-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2022 94:12


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk with Rose Hobin of North Carolina Health News, they also talk about insurance companies controlling how long you can stay in a hospital, and if monkeypox is a problem in the US and NC

    Heart Health 7-9-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2022 91:49


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk with Rose Hobin of North Carolina Health News, they also talk about kids and maybe adults playing in the dirt, and what kind of things doctors have in their medical bag.

    Heart Health 7-2-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2022 95:13


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk with Rose Hobin of North Carolina Health News, they also talk about kids being denied surgery, if we should be scared of money-pox and the best reasons to quit smoking

    Heart Health 6-11-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2022 94:58


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk about low testosterone, physician discipline, and regenerating cartilage in your knee

    Heart Health 6-4-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2022 97:36


    Live from the Man Expo, Dave and Dr. Wefald talk with Rose Hobin of North Carolina Health News, they also talk about pain management and the opioid crisis and the age old nature vs. nurture debate.

    Heart Health 5-28-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2022 95:07


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk with Rose Hobin of North Carolina Health News, they also talk about colonoscopies and the size and weight of your heart.

    Heart Health 5-21-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2022 95:06


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk with Rose Hobin of North Carolina Health News, and also about cholesterol and stress tests.

    Heart Health 5-14-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2022 94:54


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk about the nursing shortage with Rose Hobin of North Carolina Health News, they also talk to Dr. Darcy Dane from Carolina Brain Center

    Heart Health 5-7-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2022 94:41


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk about depression, the continuing discussion about whether or not to get a vaccine and fatigue in the medical field.

    Heart Health 04-30-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2022 95:28


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk about what kind of water to use in a Neti pot, testing positive for COVID at this stage in the pandemic, and the Dr. goes in depth on Medicare and Medicare Advantage

    Heart Health 04-23-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2022 95:51


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk about the CDC and COVID, sleep studies, and why some doctors don't accept Medicare and Medicaid

    Heart Health 04-16-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2022 94:13


    Dave and Dr. Wefald talk about transgender issues, a nursing shortage and blood pressure medicine

    Heart Health 04-09-22

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2022 94:45


    Fentanyl, Overdose Lawsuits, and Avocados

    Heart Health 04-2-22

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2022 95:04


    Statins, anesthesia, and Tick bites

    Heart Health 03-26-22

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2022 94:43


    Allergies, Statins, and Medicaid

    Heart Health 03-19-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2022 84:59


    Drinking Beer, COVID and Dr. Fauci, and Eating Out for Breakfast

    Heart Health 03-12-22

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2022 96:51


    Russia, Price Fixing, and Covid Vaccine Side Effects

    Heart Health 03-5-22

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2022 95:19


    Lowering your stroke risk, Supplements, and Nurses shortage ,

    Heart Health 2-26-22

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2022 89:40


    Blood Pressure, New Covid Vaccine, and Insurance Companies

    Heart Health 02-19-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2022 95:12


    Anticoagulants, Marijuana usage, Heart Procedures.

    Heart Health 2-12-22

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2022 92:19


    Mask Mandates, Marijuana and Memory Loss, and Panic Attack vs Heart Attack

    Heart Health 2-5-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2022 95:21


    COVID Vaccines, Hearth Stress Tests and AI Doctors

    Heart Health 1-22-2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2022 96:09


    COVID Vaccine Hesitancy, Where the US is with COVID and high fructose corn syrup- what is it and is it bad?

    Heart Health 1-15-22

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 92:39


    Supreme Court Vaccine Ruling, Physician Assistants, and COVID

    Heart Health 1-1-22

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2022 96:05


    COVID vaccines, Hospitals, and medical bills

    Heart Health 12-25-21

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2021 94:26


    Heart Health Christmas show

    Heart Health 12-17-21

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2021 92:31


    Omicron, Lime Disease, and Medical bills

    Heart Health 12-11-21

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2021 95:03


    Alzheimer's, Inflation, and Physical Therapy

    Heart Health 11-27-21

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2021 95:02


    A new COVID Variant, Incontinence, and bone marrow biopsies

    Heart Health 11-20-21

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2021 88:38


    OSHA Vaccine Mandate, Heart attack vs failure, and stints

    Heart Health 11-20-21

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2021 88:38


    OSHA Vaccine Mandate, Hearty attack and Hart failure, and stints

    Heart Health 11-6-21

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2021 90:43


    COVID Vaccine Mandates, Prostate Health, and Daylight Savings Time

    Heart Health 10-30-21

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 96:42


    Brain Stimulation and Leaky Gut Syndrome

    Heart Health 10-23-21

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2021 49:53


    COVID Booster shots, Tourette's Syndrome

    Heart Health 10-09-21

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 89:35


    COVID and Supplements

    Heart Health 10-1-21

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2021 94:03


    Thyroid health, Depression, and COVID

    Hearth Health 9-25-21

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2021 95:44


    COVID 19 Vaccines and Tinnitus treatments

    Hearth Health 9-18-21

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2021 95:05


    COVID Vaccines, a woman who was dead for 45 minutes and a heartwarming transplant story

    Hearth Health 9-4-21

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2021 94:35


    COVID Masks and Vaccines, heart care.

    Hearth Health 8-28-21

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2021 94:22


    COVID Vaccines , Finding a general Practitioner

    Heart Health 08-21-21

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2021 99:25


    Booster Shots, Masks, Spam

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