Dr. Nina's What You Need to Know
Dr. Nina Radcliff
HEALTH: Forgiveness: Reclaim your peace and joy
Bitterness can be more than just a nasty taste in your mouth. It can be an offense that burrows itself in your heart - and mind.
Burnout: Health tips to avoid, prevent, recover
Do you ever feel you need to work extra hours just to get "what you need to" accomplished? Or, perhaps you complete a full day at work and then shift into 5th gear to meet the deadlines and needs in your home, at school, or in your personal life?
Colorectal screenings save lives
While colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers, it is not on most people's list of great conversation topics - and yet discussing screenings is a lifesaving measure. Testing can detect precancerous growths, or polyps, which doctors can remove.
HEALTH: Daylight saving time changes your body’s clock
Facts are that that losing just one hour of sleep affects your mental and physical health.
HEALTH: School violence can trigger PTSD in children and adults
The effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be far reaching. Originally understood as the after-effects of war on some military veterans, we now clearly know that PTSD is a mental health condition that can affect anyone.
Nikolas Cruz, Florida shooting, mental health
Healthy relationship connections bring special rewards to you mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually.
HEALTH: Fight flu, cold season: Boost your immune system
It's a brutal flu and cold season. With it comes a barrage of information offering support for help and relief - and as you plan precautionary measures to help take care, you may be left wondering what can you do? Your immune "system" bands together to fight foreign invaders -- bacteria, viruses, parasites, and even, cancerous cells.
HEALTH: Raw dough can make you dangerously ill
This is that special time of the year we enjoy making and eating those delicious homemade cookies, cakes and breads. And while "just a taste" of a yummy recipe batter may be tempting, think twice.
Health: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
There is a somewhat common health problem today impacting the well-being of an estimated 24 million Americans nationwide, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). And you, or someone you love, could be one of them.
Health: Sleep habits fall back, spring forward
Did you awaken this morning ready to rise and shine? Did you feel well-rested? Or, did you (or did you want to) hit the snooze to linger longer as you transitioned from one state to another?
Health: Sugar and the holidays
'Tis the season to remember: Sugar and sweets can be toxic to your health as it more than likely is putting you over your recommended daily limit of sugar.
Breast cancer death rates decline
The American Cancer Society reported earlier this month that breast cancer death rates declined almost 40 percent between 1989 and 2015 - averting an estimated 322,600 deaths.
Health: Migraines more than a bad headache
Stress from demanding deadlines to overbooked time schedules, back-to-back activities, addressing family concerns - all, can cause the sudden onset of a throbbing, painful migraine headache for hours or even days.
HEALTH: Get your flu shot
Flu season is at our doorsteps and already taking a toll with many communities reporting roughly double the amount of hospitalizations compared to the same time period as last year.
HEALTH: Food allergies: Know the facts, read the labels
From sneezing, a dry cough, nausea, digestive problems to trouble swallowing, turning blue, a drop in blood pressure, loss of consciousness and more, food allergies can range greatly from mild to severe and be a potentially life-threatening medical condition.
HEALTH: Beware bullying: Identify, prevent, stop
Bullying has been a part of society, but today's school environments are experiencing more incidents coupled with the continuing rise of Internet and smartphone use--setting in motion a horrific new reality for our nation's students
HEALTH: Chronic pain can outlast healing
Understanding our vulnerability to acute and chronic pain has been the topic for the past several weeks.
HEALTH: Pain management
I recently read an estimate by health economists at John Hopkins University that puts the annual economic costs linked to chronic pain at $635 billion annually--far greater than for cancer, heart disease or diabetes.
HEALTH: Tackling pain, chronic pain
At some point in our lives, we all experience the misery of physical pain
HEALTH: Reduce diabetes health risks
Diabetes, a group of diseases that result in too much sugar in the blood, takes more lives than breast cancer and AIDS combined - claiming the life of one American every 3 minutes.
