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Friday, News for April 11, 2025

1 week ago | wbfj.fm | Jamie MacDonald |Dc Talk

Expect ELEVATED LEVELS of TREE, GRASS and WEED pollen thru the weekend. https://www.forsyth.cc/EAP/pollen.aspxTax filing day (April 15) is this Tuesday. Please continue to pray for the Sullivan family. Josh Sullivan and his family are church-planting missionaries in South Africa. Josh was abducted at gunpoint by (several) men on Thursday evening. UPDATE early Friday morning: “Josh is still missing. The rest of the family (Meagan and their kids) are safe.
Oasis Women's Conference (March 29)

1 month ago | wbfj.fm | Jamie MacDonald

Oasis Ministries 2025 Women’s ConferenceTheme: “Made for More”Saturday, March 29, 2025 from 8:30am–3pm at Pinedale Christian Church on Peters Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem. Theme: “Made for More”Register today at www.oasisministriesnc.com/eventsFor questions, email Brenda at [email protected] shares more about the conference on the WBFJ Morning Show.
Suitcase Giveaway supporting Foster Kids

1 month ago | wbfj.fm | Chris Tomlin |Jamie MacDonald

‘To a child in Foster care, a suitcase represents DIGINITY’Focus on the Family’s ‘Wait No More’ Suitcase bundle giveaway event is happening at Overflow Church on Old Lexington Road near Gumtree Road in the Midway community on Friday (March 21) from 5:30-8pm.Free event. Pizza. Prayer tent. Learn more about becoming a Foster parentContact Overflow Church by calling (336) 306-9530 www.overflowchurchnc.com/Learn more about Fostering by contacting Genevieve Traversy.
Thursday News for March 06, 2025

1 month ago | wbfj.fm | Jamie MacDonald

Wind Advisory for the Foothills communities (including Surry and Wilkes). Spring officially begins March 20thAllergy Alert: Tree pollen in the HIGH range today thru Saturday. https://www.forsyth.cc/EAP/pollen.aspxIt’s ‘Severe Weather Preparedness Week’ in North Carolina. Today’s focus = “Lightning Safety”. Details on keeping you and your family prepared on the News Blog*A Statewide Tornado Drill will now happen this Friday morning at 9:30am.
Sun@5 on WBFJ (February 23, 2025)

2 months ago | wbfj.fm | Jamie MacDonald

Listen now…February is Heart Health Awareness Month Dr Laura Torres with Novant Health shares with Verne and Wally (WBFJ Moring Show) about the warning signs and risk factors of a heart attack. Symptoms of heart attack are NOT the same for women and men.*Dr Laura Torres, Miller Street Family Medicine / Novant Health. www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/reso…hic/hearthealth.htmDo you have a preparedness kit for you and your family that will sustain you for 3 to 7 days?
WBFJ WEDNESDAY WORD

2 months ago | wbfj.fm | Jamie MacDonald |Ben Fuller

“Kindness”More than 6,000 UK students between the ages of six and 14 were asked to select the word they thought best summed up 2024. The choice of ‘kindness’ was selected by more than half of the kids surveyed (61%), reflecting a growing awareness among young people of the impact of mental health, and just being kind to one another!And a child shall lead them?
Heart Health - WBFJ.fm

2 months ago | wbfj.fm | Jamie MacDonald |Matt Redman

February is Heart Health Awareness MonthNearly 1 in 2 adults has high blood pressure. Yet only about 1 in 4 has their (high) blood pressure under control. If left uncontrolled, high blood pressure can increase a person’s risk for heart disease, stroke, heart failure, kidney disease, pregnancy complications, and cognitive decline later in life. FACT: Every 40 seconds, someone in the US experiences a heart attack.
How a TV series showed what happens to your body when you're stressed

Aug 29, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Jamie MacDonald

Your heart starts racing, your mouth goes dry and sweat beads on your forehead. We've all been there, caught in a moment of stress. When you encounter a situation that threatens your safety, your brain must make a critical decision—how to react to the danger at hand. This is a phenomenon my colleagues and I explore in the program Michael Mosley: Wonders of the Human Body on Channel 5, the late doctor and presenter's final TV series. He died in June this year.
Michael Mosley’s final series: how we showed what happens to your body when you’re stressed

Aug 28, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Jamie MacDonald

By Jamie Hugo Macdonald, Professor of Sport and Exercise Science, Bangor University Your heart starts racing, your mouth goes dry and sweat beads on your forehead. We’ve all been there, caught in a moment of stress. When you encounter a situation that threatens your safety, your brain must make a critical decision – how to react to the danger at hand.
Michael Mosley’s final series: how we showed what happens to your body when you’re stressed

Aug 28, 2024 | theconversation.com | Jamie MacDonald

Your heart starts racing, your mouth goes dry and sweat beads on your forehead. We’ve all been there, caught in a moment of stress. When you encounter a situation that threatens your safety, your brain must make a critical decision – how to react to the danger at hand. This is a phenomenon my colleagues and I explore in the programme Michael Mosley: Wonders of the Human Body on Channel 5, the late doctor and presenter’s final TV series. He died in June this year.