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July 29, 2023

Urgent Car Recalls Often Ignored & Does Vitamin D Prevent Heart Attacks?

Episode Segments

Food Assistance Programs & Sugary Beverage Consumption

Recent research has found that some low income households using certain taxpayer-funded food assistance programs are consuming excessive amounts of sugar-sweetened beverages. We\'ll learn what the common denominator is, from Prod. Kate W. Bauer from the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Urgent Car Recalls Often Ignored

Over 2 million cars in America have been issued urgent safety recalls, but the car owners aren\'t taking action. is your car at risk? Patrick Olsen, Editor-in-Chief of CarFax, explains how you can see if your car is on the list.

Does Vitamin D Prevent Heart Attacks?

Do vitamin D supplements lower the risk of suffering a major cardiovascular event among older adults? We\'ll get the answer from Rachel Neale, PhD, from the Population Health Department at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane, Australia.