(TriceEdneyWire.com) - Clean drinking water. Lead paint abatement programs. Affordable energy bills. These are the day-to-day environmental justice issues that are vital to the health and financial well-being of communities - especially low-income families.
Coconut oil is widely promoted for weight-loss, but while the promises of coconut oil's benefit sound great, the research is less clear.
The residual effects of the Insight2Health Fitness Challenge 10-week fitness boot camp helped pull me out of hibernation after the worse winter in recent Twin Cities history.
Having a new baby is an exciting time with lots of changes.
For African-American men, prostate cancer is real.
Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women in the United States.
MN Community Measurement (MNCM), an independent nonprofit organization has released a report highlighting quality measures for health care provided by medical groups across Minnesota.
The Why You? Initiative, Inc. ([YU?]) will host its Biannual Spring Confab to be held at InterContinental Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Hotel, 5005 Glumack Dr., Minneapolis.
If you are like many Americans, you probably read advice about health and wellness everywhere, from news feeds to social media.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has joined a multistate coalition in a lawsuit against the Trump Administration for weakening federal nutritional standards for breakfasts and lunches served at least 600,000 schoolchildren in Minnesota.
Since leaving the U.S. House of Representatives in 2011, I've dedicated my professional life to fighting for full implementation and enforcement of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) – a law I had the honor of authoring with Congressional colleagues in true bi…
Minnesotans who started 2019 enrolled in a Medicare Advantage Plan have until March 31, to enroll in a different health care plan.
According to a recent “CBS This Morning” two-part breaking news report, “the opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis in America.”
Measles, a disease that spreads quickly, kills hundreds of children in the world every day.
“I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.” — Frederick Douglass
New data on nonfatal overdoses have been added to the MDH Opioid Dashboard. Nonfatal all-opioid-involved overdoses rose 26 percent from 1,619 in 2016 to 2,036 in 2017.
A large proportion of Hennepin County opioid-related deaths in 2015 and 2016 occurred after a jail stay, according to a collaborative study by Hennepin Healthcare and Hennepin County.
With Minnesota homes shut tight against the cold, dangerous levels of cancer-causing radon gas can build up during the winter months.
The thought of a winter walk may chill you to the bone, but do so, and you’ll age better.
SAN FRANCISCO – The American Academy of Ophthalmology and National Medical Fellowships announced the recipients of a new scholarship that supports the mission of both organizations to provide more opportunities to underrepresented minority students pursuing medical careers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Ilhan Omar (DFL-MN) along with more than two dozen of her colleagues in the House and Senate, introduced sweeping reforms Jan. 10 that they say would enhance the U.S. healthcare system and dramatically reduce prescription drug prices in the country.
In recent years, genetics has become a hot topic in popular culture, frequently making news headlines and serving as a key theme in movies and television shows—and for good reason … our genes are what make us unique.
It seems that everyone these days has a friend following a “keto-friendly” diet -- a low-carb eating plan designed to make the body burn fat more efficiently.
Alzheimer’s Disease is expected to impact nearly 14 million Americans by 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. So, as you set your New Year’s resolutions for 2019, consider the following ways to maintain and improve your cognitive function.
Winter can be a sluggish season full of rich foods and little activity. Here are some sensible ways to keep your health on track during the long winter months.
“Do you know what medicine can reverse heart disease, curb obesity, ward off cancer, and keep you going strong? Vegan food.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Decades ago, civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. BenjaminChavis Jr., who now serves a president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, coined the term, “environmental racism.”
A new proposal carved out by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), might be the jumpstart some companies looking for more energy independence may be craving.
Although the annual Medicare open enrollment period ended Dec. 7, some Minnesotans have more time to make Medicare decisions.
For family caregivers, the holidays can be a joyful time when spirits are lighter and it feels good to care for loved ones and enjoy time together, celebrating with family traditions.
African-Americans with moderate or severe sleep apnea are twice as likely to have hard-to-control high blood pressure when their sleep apnea goes untreated, according to a new study funded mainly by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health.
The six weeks encompassing Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s – collectively called “the holidays” – are for most a magically unique time of year, filled with holiday carols, reunions, displays of colorful lights, love, and affection, often expressed through gift giving.
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has announced it will add Alzheimer’s disease as a new qualifying condition for the state’s medical cannabis program. Under state law, the new condition will take effect in August 2019.
Minnesotans with MinnesotaCare need to complete their annual health care renewal forms as soon as possible to ensure care in the new year.
Each year, thousands of adults in the United States suffer from serious illnesses that could have been prevented by vaccines. These diseases can be serious and require one to go to the hospital or be out of work for a long time.
African-Americans with moderate or severe sleep apnea are twice as likely to have hard-to-control high blood pressure when their sleep apnea goes untreated, according to a new study funded mainly by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Updated quote from Zachary Quinn, president, Love Your Melon.
Black and Hispanic children continued to be less likely to be identified with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) than white children. These differences suggest that Black and Hispanic children may face socioeconomic or other barriers that lead to a lack of or delayed access to evaluation, diagno…
About 8.3 percent of Americans — nearly 27 million people — have asthma, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Racism in the healthcare system continues to confound, but a few researchers are taking a historic look and holistic approach to addressing racism’s effect on Black and poor communities.
Brooklyn Center and Otter Tail County voted to pass Tobacco 21 policies, becoming the state’s 16th and 17th local governments to raise the tobacco age to 21.
Strong partnerships among health plans and providers improves the adoption of evidence-based care for patients, according to a new report released today from the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP), which included UCare practices in its 18-month study.
With nearly one out of every four people with diabetes not knowing they have the disease, it’s important to be screened routinely and know the warning signs.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to announce a ban on menthol cigarettes, those most likely to be smoked by African-Americans and younger smokers.
Movember is upon us.
Commentary by Kari Benson, executive director of the Minnesota Board on Aging; Jessica Looman, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Commerce; Jan Malcolm, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Health; Emily Piper, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services.
Healthcare in 2018 looms as a major national issue, which will determine how Americans will vote for a candidate.
MN Community Measurement (MNCM), a nonprofit organization, has released a report titled “Depression Care in Minnesota.”
Grants totaling $2.97 million have been awarded to 46 counties and three Native-American tribes to help more people with disabilities have housing of their own through a new initiative from the state of Minnesota.
Although Dr. Martha Anderson is a retired family practice physician, she still has a healing touch that brings comfort to many.
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