Florida now leads the country in percentage of prisoners living with HIV, according to a new study. WMNF’s Chris Young reports.
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School immunizations slide in Florida
Last school year marked a more than 10-year low for Florida’s kindergarten & 7th-grade students completing all doses of required immunizations

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MidPoint: Shopping for Medicare plans? SHINE can help.
FREE, UNBIASED help from trained Medicare counselors is available from SHINE Medicare to help seniors choose their Medicare health care coverage for 2023. Appointments with SHINE counselors can be made at 800-963-5337.

Leaky Gut Syndrome with special guest Dr. Cheryl Burdette
When esteemed Dr. Cheryl Burdette joins Dr. Fred Harvey on the Healthy Steps radio show to discuss gut markers, they uncover the ironic truth that leaky gut, depression, and anxiety can be caused by diet and lifestyle, allowing listeners to take control of their health and wellness.
You will learn:
1. What is the connection between gut markers and our microbiome?
2. How can leaky gut affect our overall well-being?
3. What is the role of histamine in our health, and what can we do to manage it?
Dr. Cheryl Burdette is an esteemed naturopath, NP, and director of the Education and Naturopathic Residency Program at Progressive Medical in Dunwoody, Georgia. She is also a principal in Precision Point Diagnostics, a functional laboratory, and is an expert in gut markers and their impact on the microbiome.

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Giving Thanks with Meals on Wheels Tampa
Every Thanksgiving season MidPoint spotlights issues of food insecurity and we always look for “the helpers.” The crew from Meals on Wheels Tampa, Cindy Vann, and Erica Leigh, and MOW super-volunteer Rebecca Fiore joined us to hear all about their efforts to feed hungry homebound seniors. You can help too. Tune in to find out how.

Free HIV testing at health department office in Citrus County’s Lecanto
The Florida Health department in Citrus County will observe World AIDS Day with free HIV testing at the health office in Lecanto County.

The secrets of Esoteric healing with special guest Chuck Pisa
In this episode of the Healthy Steps radio show, Dr. Fred Harvey and his guest Chuck Pisa discuss the complementary energy medicine modality known as Esoteric Healing.
Here’s what Chuck Pisa and I cover:
1. How Esoteric Healing can be used to shift the body’s frequency to prevent or alleviate illness and disease.
2. How the heart field is much bigger and more powerful than the brain field, and how the heart is the center of our being.
3. How Esoteric Healing can be used to work on the subtle bodies, including the emotional, mental, and spiritual bodies.
Chuck Pisa is a longtime friend of Dr. Fred Harvey and an amazing energy worker. He is licensed in massage, and he’s also an ordained priest. Chuck’s unique blend of necessary healing, reconnection therapy, and coaching allows all healing aspects, whether physical, emotional, mental or spiritual, to proceed according to the client’s specific needs using various self-discovery systems.

Free Health and Nutrition Expo scheduled for next Saturday
There is a free health and nutrition expo coming next Saturday, in Manatee County. There will be a variety of screenings.

The microbiome: our invisible allies with Dr. Fred Harvey
When an autoimmune disease threatens our health, we must turn to our microbiome for help in restoring balance. You will learn that the microbiome – the collection of all the microbes living in and on the human body – plays a vital role in human health. https://sound.wmnf.org/sound/wmnf_221031_100600_health1_453.MP3

Mental Health and Transforming Teens with special guest Jelani Nichols
Teens participating in Jelani Nichols’s “Motivating the Teen Spirit” program have better mental health outcomes and are less likely to struggle with depression, anxiety, and suicide. Motivating the Teen Spirit’s vision is a world where every teen will have access and choice to become empowered and make integrity-based decisions through self-love as part of a global movement called Teen Spirit. Through this movement, people from every race, religion, and socioeconomic background will be brought together in the same spirit to create healthier and happier teens.
Here’s what I cover with Jelani Nichols in this episode:
1. How Jelani Nichols transformed himself and is now helping others to do the same.
2. What Motivating the Teen Spirit does to help teens transform their lives.
3. The impact the program is having on individuals and the community.
Jelani Nichols is a 27-year-old who has worked in the emotional intelligence and emotional literacy space for 10-12 years. He is the director of Motivating the Teen Spirit, a program that provides teens with tools for emotional intelligence, decision-making, and self-love.