Health & Advice - The New Citizens Press

Interpersonal EDGE: Desperation is Mother of Job Breakthroughs

Rina Risper13 years ago05 mins

By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Media Services

Q. Everything I have tried in the last few years professionally seems to have crashed and burned. I am tired, discouraged and out of great ideas. What do you tell your clients who have tried everything and failed?

Interpersonal EDGE: Job Door Slams Shut? Pry Open Window!

Rina Risper13 years ago06 mins

By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Media Services

Q. I’ve been in my field for 25 years, and it is going the way of the dinosaurs. With the economy as it is, there is no way I can afford to retire. Do you have ideas about how to stay employable when your old industry is dying?

The Kids’s Doctor

Rina Risper13 years ago06 mins

By Sue Hubbard, M.D.

www.kidsdr.com

With winter viruses long gone (goodbye, flu and RSV!), summer viruses that have been lying dormant are once again rearing their ugly heads.

My office has been overflowing lately with feverish kids of all ages. I think the most likely source for much of the illness we’re seeing right now is enteroviral infection.

Interpersonal EDGE: You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For

Rina Risper13 years ago05 mins

By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Media Services

Q. The people I work for are crazy. The decisions they make are consistently irrational, abusive and unpredictable. I’ve been here four years, and my health has gone downhill. Can stress make you sick? And is there anything I can do?

Interpersonal EDGE: Thrive Despite Career Setbacks

Rina Risper13 years ago06 mins

By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Media Services

Q. I have a friend who is very religious and believes that if you are a member of her religion, nothing bad should happen to you. I have had a string of bad luck in my career this year, and she keeps telling me this is proof God is punishing me. Is God out to get me, or do bad things happen to good people?

Health & Advice

It’s Improv Night!

Rina Risper13 years ago06 mins

By Charissa Patterson-Martinez

We all have an idea of how we’d like our lives and daily events to flow.

The Kid’s Doctor: Children should also have their cholesterol checked

Rina Risper13 years ago05 mins

By Sue Hubbard, M.D.

www.kidsdr.com

I’ve been attending a conference for my continuing education (I still love going to school) and one of the topics was “Universal Cholesterol Screening in Children.” While adults have known the importance of maintaining a healthy cholesterol level for a long time, there’s more and more data available validating the need for children to have their cholesterol monitored.

Interpersonal EDGE: Read Your Boss’s Mind!

Rina Risper13 years ago05 mins

By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Media Services

Q. What kind of opinion does my boss have of me when anytime I have a conversation with him he either laughs at me or contradicts me? Consequently, I don’t ask him questions or speak to him unless I really have to. How do I know what he thinks?

Beat The Heat This Summer Beat The Heat: Preventing Heat-Related Illnesses

Rina Risper13 years ago010 mins

By Karla Robinson, MD

Dehydration is one of the most common heat-related illnesses that we are faced with in the summer months. With temperatures soaring well into the 90 degree mark, and heat indices over 100 degrees, many people are at risk for complications from the heat.

Interpersonal EDGE: Show You the Money!

Rina Risper13 years ago07 mins

By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Media Services

Q. I want to get a raise but also realize these days I’m lucky to have a job. Are there rules about how to negotiate for a raise?