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Dr. Nina Radcliff

Dr. Nina Radcliff

nradcliff@123washingtontimes.com

Dr. Nina Radcliff is dedicated to her profession, her patients and her community at large. She is passionate about sharing truths for healthy, balanced living as well as wise preventive health measures.

Articles by Dr. Nina Radcliff

Eight-year-old Lily Kostopoulos, daughter of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins hockey team captain Tom Kostopoulos, helps fill bags of food to be distributed to those in need for Thanksgiving at a distribution center in Wilkes-Barre Twp., Pa. on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015. Wives, family members and girlfriends of Penguins players volunteered their time to help out the 36th annual "Thanksgiving Project" sponsored by the Commission on Economic Opportunity and the Weinberg Northeast Regional Food Bank. (Christopher Dolan / The Citizens' Voice via AP)

NINA RADCLIFF: Showing gratitude is a way of giving thanks

Gratitude is powerful. This quality -- this source, trait and state of mind -- is a force that has the immense power to bring hope, heal, recognize simple pleasures, transform, and bestow bounty to our health and well-being.

November 19, 2015

NINA RADCLIFF: Hospice care: dignity, comfort, support

For my college minor in Ethics and Morals, my thesis was on death and dying in America. My field research involved the privilege of spending precious time with people who were terminally ill, including some who were in hospice care. Those treasured times remain at my core.

November 10, 2015
Joanna Foster, actress, singer and singing teacher, left, leads a singing class at Royal Brompton Hospital in London, Monday, June 17, 2013. The weekly group is led by a professional musician and is offered to people with respiratory problems including asthma, emphysema and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder, or COPD. Doctors at London's Royal Brompton Hospital started the program after reasoning that the kind of breathing used by singers might also help lung patients. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

NINA RADCLIFF: Breathe: This is COPD awareness month

There are currently 12 million Americans diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and another 12 million that have the disease and do not even know it. Those numbers are staggering. That is why during November's COPD Awareness Month, volunteers, public health officials, community leaders,and medical professionals are working to shed light on this disease that robs sufferers of their ability to breathe.

November 5, 2015
October puts smiles on the faces of diners — and pumpkins. (Associated Press/File)

NINA RADCLIFF: Halloween fun: Candy sweet, but safe and healthful, too

Halloween is an exciting time for all -- children and adults. Between dressing up in costumes, collecting and eating candy, and spending time with family, friends and neighbors, it creates fun-filled memories. And this year, Halloween falls on a Saturday, allowing for extra ghoulish fun.

October 27, 2015
The "winter blues": How to combat SAD -- seasonal affective disorder. (AP Photo)

NINA RADCLIFF: As seasons change, don’t be SAD or succumb to winter blues

As we usher in crisper air, leaves falling from trees, shorter days and decreased sunlight, Mother Nature has begun her preparation for winter. And the while " 'Tis the season to be jolly" draws nigh, the reality is that nearly 10 million Americans may experience seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and another 25 million may experience a milder form known as the "winter blues."

October 23, 2015
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NINA RADCLIFF: Suicide: reaching out of darkness and despair

Last year, there were an estimated 9.4 million American adults, age 18 and older, who seriously contemplated killing themselves. Nearly 40,000 committed suicide -- and experts believe that due to under-reporting, the number is actually much higher.

October 9, 2015
FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 14, 2014, file photo, Steven Tyler arrives at the Hollywood Film Awards at the Palladium, in Los Angeles. Tyler and Charlie XCX headlined the Rolling Stone Super Bowl party on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

NINA RADCLIFF: Unite against addiction

We all know someone who has been or is suffering from addiction -- which has even been referred to by some as our national plague and the most ignored health crisis in our country.

October 2, 2015
Fruit and vegetables are served during lunch service at the Patrick Henry Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

NINA RADCLIFF: How to eat more fruits and veggies

In addition to being delicious, fruit and veggies are certainly nutritious. In fact, the National Fruit and Vegetable Program launched a public health initiative, Fruits & Veggies - More Matters.

September 28, 2015
A heart healthy lunch of chicken fried rice, vegetables, fruit and dessert is served to a heart patient Thursday, May 1, 2014, at Houston's Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital. Menu changes are one way to care for an increasingly diverse population that hails from regions once not typical to the Houston area. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

NINA RADCLIFF: How to stay ‘young at heart’

Here's some news that will get everyone's heart beating a little faster. A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that nearly 69 million adults -- approximately 43 percent of the adult population -- have a heart age older than their actual age.

September 10, 2015
Ronald Reagan aboard a helicopter with one of his dogs, Lucky.

NINA RADCLIFF: Health benefits of pet ownership

I recently came across a card with a Golden Retriever looking into the horizon that read: "I don't judge others. I don't hate. I don't discriminate. I don't care about money. I don't hold grudges. I do know how to love unconditionally and that's all I want in return. I'm a fur-ever friend."

August 19, 2015
In this Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015 photo, student James Barragan, left, and other students raise their hands during lunch in the cafeteria at Hendron-Lone Oak Elementary in Paducah, Ky. Thursday was the first day of classes for all McCracken County Public Schools.(Ellen O'Nan/The Sun via AP)

NINA RADCLIFF: Back to school: a healthy transition

As back-to-school beckons to millions of families nationwide, it raises stress levels with increased activities and jitters as schools and colleges welcome record numbers of students this fall.

August 10, 2015
A patron exhales vapor from an e-cigarette at the Henley Vaporium in New York. (Associated Press) **FILE**

NINA RADCLIFF: E-cigarettes are safer, but not safe

I felt as though I walked into the interrogation scene of the movie "Basic Instinct" when my patient asked me, "What are you going to do, charge me with smoking?" He was "vaping" on an electronic cigarette while he smirked at me, obviously sensing my discomfort and enjoying it.

July 1, 2015
In this photo taken May 19, 2015, Judith Chase Gilbert, of Arlington, Va., is loaded into a PET scanner at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington. Ms. Gilbert shows no signs of memory problems but volunteered for a new kind of scan as part of a study peeking into healthy brains to check for clues about Alzheimer's disease. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

NINA RADCLIFF: June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month

Alzheimer's dementia affects over 5 million Americans and is our 6th leading cause of death. But unlike other leading killers -- heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and a number of cancers -- there is no medication to help cure, prevent or slow down its progression.

June 24, 2015