Dr. Nina's What You Need to Know
Dr. Nina Radcliff
Heart health: How to take care
Keeping our heart healthy and strong at every age is indeed as the American Heart Association underscores, "what we all need to take to heart." February is designated American Heart Month, dedicated to cardiovascular health and raising awareness about heart disease.
HEALTHY: Stock your pantry with these basics
As we continue to set aim to make healthy choices - our kitchens are central in helping to promote and support healthy eating. In fact, our refrigerator, freezer and pantry - if not properly stocked with staples - could be contributing to sabotaging our best efforts.
Health: What’s in your freezer?
Generally speaking, healthier eating is made a lot easier when we have good options readily available. Last week, we spotlighted what essentials should be in our refrigerator. This week, we will discuss our freezers and next week we'll take a look at the pantry.
Healthy kitchen promotes, supports healthy eating
As we enter 2017, let's give the inside of our refrigerators, freezers and pantry a healthy makeover.
Health benefits of meditation
While you most likely made healthy resolutions for this New Year to watch what you consume and to be more physically active, my hope too is that you take aim to cultivate habits that will help reduce chronic stress and anxieties in your life with a goal to increase happiness and overall life satisfaction ... with greater joy and peace!!
New Year resolution: Make 2017 your healthiest
"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day." - Edith Lovejoy Pierce
HEALTH: Arctic blast to-do list
Across our nation, temperatures are being replaced with below-average readings - as much as 20 to 30 degrees colder than average - and colder storm weather is forecast into the new year.
Christmas season health, safety risks
Along with the joys of the season, the holidays call us to shop at busier than usual stores; attend special parties and events; as well as travel for extended amounts of time with planes, trains and automobiles to visit family and friends.
Cheers to Happy, Healthy Holidays!
It is that special time of year - where sugar plums not only dance in our heads but also join "Auntie's" favorite pie along with tables filled with tempting delights, at every turn. And if you have concerns about tipping the scales, it is for good reason.
Healthy and happy holiday season
It is that special time of year - where sugar plums not only "dance in our heads" but also join "Auntie's" favorite pie along with tables filled with tempting delights at every turn.
Sugar: Healthy doses of do’s and don’ts
Along with the joys of Halloween came facts that are truly frightening - consuming more sugar.
Safe tricks for treat-filled Halloween
All Hallows' Day, commonly referred to as Halloween, is an exciting time of the year where children become enraptured and communities "dress-up" to greet the estimated 40 million plus trick-or-treaters.
Concussions, head injuries: What we all need to know
Head injuries and concussions continue to ignite a fire storm among the public -- and for good reason. High school athletes sustain an estimated 300,000 concussions per year and, recently, National Football League Commissioner, Roger Goodell announced an initiative intended to increase the safety of the game, specifically by preventing, diagnosing and treating concussions and head injuries
Prostate cancer: Know symptoms, take action, seek care
Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer among American men and the risk goes up as men age. And, too, it is the second leading cancer killer of men (after lung cancer) - but it can often be treated successfully.
Flu season is knocking at your door
Our flu season is around the corner. And while the timing varies in different parts of the country, most flu activity -- influenza-like illness, hospitalizations, and sadly even deaths - will occur between October 2016 and run into May 2017.
Labor Day: Balance work with healthy lifestyle
Labor Day celebrates American workers. And the Department of Labor's website describes Labor Day as "dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers.
Back to school: The health and safety list
It is that time of the year when back-to-school beckons to millions of families nationwide, raising stress levels with increased activities and jitters as schools and colleges welcome record numbers of students.
Good fats promote heart health
Over time, fat has been ostracized, shamed and demonized. However, not all fat deserves this bad rap. Some fats are essential for our body, as they form the building blocks of cells and tissues.
Mosquito and summer safety tips
Happy Birthday to the United States of America! We are on countdown to 240 candles of our American Independence Day celebrations, and to honor our "land of the free and the home of the brave" we will join in festivities and light up our skies from sea to shining sea.
Health risks of heat-related illness
The warm months are a great time to get outside and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine. But as the temperatures rise, it is important to brush-up on understandings and tips to prevent heat-related illnesses.
