(GIN) – “For 15 years I have witnessed mass atrocities committed against women’s bodies and I cannot remain with my arms folded because our common humanity calls on us to care for each other.”

October 2015 four months after completing the Insight 2 Health Fitness Challenge (I2HFC) Round 5, my first round of the 10-week fitness boot camp, I was facing a breast cancer diagnosis.

Have you ever had a conversation with your body?

Dr. Jokho Farah, director of Quality and Population Health, at People’s Center Clinics & Services in Minneapolis was elected president of the American Heart Association’s Twin Cities Board.

As fall approaches and children head back to school, get your kitchen ready with nutritious foods to better your child’s school performance, development and overall health.

While you’re searching for that superhero lunch box and those light-up sneakers before the start of school, remember to schedule your child’s wellness exam.

WomenHeart’s – a leading voice for the 48 million American women living with or at risk of heart disease – story begins in February of 1999, when three women, united by heart disease, formed an organization that was destined to become a lifeline for other women across this nation.

I joined the Insight 2 Health Fitness Challenge because I was in pain all of the time. 

Insight News and Hawthorne Neighborhood Council are directing the community’s attention toward health and well-being through the Insight2Health Fitness Challenge (I2HFC), which recently moved to North Minneapolis.

What? A 10-week fitness challenge, a one-hour class four times a week? Where? Minneapolis.

The Food Network might want to reach out to Coco Laud and YaLonda “Lala” Lolar Johnson.

Women are nearly twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with depression and depression can occur at any age.

I met Sonya Goins several years ago and was immediately struck by her vibrant spirit. Though I knew of her professional accolades, most of our interactions were social in nature. It would be many years after meeting when our professional paths merged, and Goins began contributing as a writer…

Minnesotans across the state can now access suicide prevention and mental health crisis texting services 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 18 percent of American adults live with mental illness.

“Reclaiming Sacred Tobacco” was named Best Topical Documentary of the year at the Upper Midwest Emmy awards gala Oct. 7 in Bloomington.

By Carmen Robles

When it comes to breast-cancer prevention, most women are probably aware of the need for self examinations and mammograms, as well as awareness of a family history for breast cancer.

BY Michelle Mitchum, MPH HHP

Thinking about putting food on the table for ourselves and family members can be challenging.

The American Diabetes Association-Minnesota will host its 13th annual Diabetes Expo –a one-day event show casing the latest products and services for people with diabetes –On Saturday, Oct.15.

By Harry Colbert, Jr.

By Harry Colbert, Jr.

By Harry Colbert, Jr.

NEW YORK – Author Melvina Semper interviewed 50 nurses whose personal stories reveal the ill treatment and lack of promotion, diversity, moral support and other barriers minority students and nurses face on the job.

GREENSBORO, N.C.,(PRNewswire)– Cone Health has apologized to the last living plaintiff and others involved in a lawsuit that desegregated hospitals nationwide.

Minnesota’s adult obesity rate saw a statistically significant drop between 2014 and 2015, from 27.6 percent in 2014 to 26.1 percent in 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Enjoy a day of fitness and fun at the Fifth Annual Fit4Fun at NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center, 1313 Penn Ave. N, Minneapolis.

By Susan Barber Lindquist, Mayo Clinic Network

By Dr. Patricia Maryland

By Michelle Mitchum, MPH HHP –

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The organic food trend has exploded in popularity within the last 10 years, and the industry has grown exponentially. Organic food sales have increased from $1 billion in 1996 to $26 billion in 2016. The belief is that organic food, (foods free of additives, chemical pesticides, and grown in…

Each year more than 1 million Americans are diagnosed with skin cancer; and according to 2012 statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the skin cancer rate was 1/100,000 for African Americans and Asian Pacific Islanders.

By Sean McCalley, Men’s Health Network

By Michelle Mitchum, MPH HHP

(StatePoint) Knowing the facts about Type 2 diabetes is important for everyone, as living a healthy lifestyle can play a key role in helping to prevent and control the disease.