As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the U.S., the virus hit African Americans disproportionately hard. African Americans are still contracting the illness – and dying from it – at rates twice as high as would be expected based on their share of the population.
David Levine feels tired — a lot — and laments how he rarely makes it to the end of a movie. The 68-year-old Manhattan journalist has a pretty good idea why: A night in the sleep lab showed he had borderline sleep apnea. “But certain medications I take, especially Lipitor, make me even more …
Regular exercise may reduce the risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome, a major cause of death in patients with the COVID-19 virus, a top exercise researcher reports. He is urging people to exercise based on his findings, which also suggest a potential treatment approach.
Georgia Fort is an Emmy-nominated media professional with more than 10 years of experience in radio and public television.
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) today announced that due to a national shortage of COVID-19 laboratory testing materials, the state is forced to make adjustments to its testing criteria to focus on the highest priority specimens, including hospitalized patients. Health care workers …
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) confirmed a third presumptive positive case of novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19.
Gov.Tim Walz signed into law a bill authorizing nearly $21 million in state investment for a public health response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Kira Johnson, 39, was a successful entrepreneur who spoke five languages.
Patients who experience organ failure need a transplant to improve their odds of survival and to achieve a better quality of life.
After weeks of discussions between bipartisan members of the Insulin Work Group with no agreement, Gov. Tim Walz, and DFL legislators pre-filed compromise legislation to improve access to affordable insulin in Minnesota.
Princess had a rough start in life.
Health officials are warning consumers to not eat romaine lettuce from the Salinas growing region of California because it has been linked to serious illnesses from E. coli O157 bacteria.
“Laughter is the best medicine,” according to the Reader's Digest version of America.
November is National Lung Cancer Awareness Month. According to the Minnesota Department of Health, lung cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosis and is the leading cause of cancer mortality in Minnesota. It also kills more than twice as many men as prostate cancer and more than twic…
From heart disease to cancer, many of the top risk factors that lead to serious illness are preventable.
At the age of 19 Benita Robinson lost her mother to terminal breast cancer.
Negative social attitudes, such as racism and discrimination, damage the health of those who are targeted by triggering a cascade of aberrant biological responses, including abnormal gene activity.
Minnesotans who rely on MinnesotaCare for affordable health care coverage should complete their annual renewal form by Dec. 15 to ensure coverage into the New Year.
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) hosted a September “Hope Against Opioids Conference” at Neighborhood House in St. Paul.
Approximately one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. While all women are at risk, studies show Black women are more likely than other racial and ethnic groups to be diagnosed at later stages and have the lowest survival at each stage of diagnosis. They are…
It’s no secret that African-Americans – particularly teens – are committing suicide at record levels.
Hepatitis A is a serious liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus. It can make you very sick for weeks or even months. Hepatitis A can lead to hospitalization and sometimes death.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Race bears the strongest relationship to slow and ineffective enforcement of the federal drinking water law in communities across the nation, according to a new report.
While September was Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, I can think of no better time to reflect on how far we’ve come in understanding, treating and defeating childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
September 25 is Women’s Health and Fitness Day, the nation’s largest annual health promotion event for women of all ages.
As fall approaches and children are back to school, get your kitchen ready with nutritious foods to better your child’s school performance, development and overall health.
In the Sept. 16 edition of Insight News it was incorrectly reported that the Midtown Phillips Neighborhood received a $937,990 grant to fight the opioid crisis. The neighborhood organization did not receive, nor apply for such a grant. We sincerely regret the error in reporting.
The All of Us Research Program at the National Institutes of Health has made strong progress in its efforts to advance precision medicine, according to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The University of Alabama at Birmingham leads the Southern Network of All of Us.
When Allma Johnson was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 15, she knew her life would be forever changed.
(Global Information Network) – Two experimental treatments are raising hopes among medical personnel that a cure for the deadly virus Ebola has been found.
Surprise … racism – that “thing” white people say doesn’t exist – has dire long-term effects on the health of Black children and adolescents, according to a report released by the country’s largest group of pediatricians.
Dr. Patrice A. Harris, a psychiatrist from Atlanta, was sworn-in in June as the 174th president of the American Medical Association (AMA).
Though Black women get breast cancer at a slightly lower incidence rate than white women, Black women are 42 percent more like to die of breast cancer than white women. That is an astounding number and indicative of a variety of factors, many reflecting racial disparities.
The NNPA is taking a closer look at the stigma of mental illness in the African-American community. This is the first in a series.
The border crisis has been a growing concern for the Democratic Party for the past few years.
Minnesota health care providers serving Minnesotans on Medicaid and MinnesotaCare will receive reports in coming weeks comparing their opioid prescribing rates to those of their peers.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Blue Cross) and North Memorial Health have announced a new joint venture agreement that has both organizations becoming shared owners of North Memorial Health clinics.
There are 16,000 heart attacks and strokes in Minnesota every year, with cardiovascular disease being the leading cause of death for both men and women. Many people take a daily aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke.
A new study shows Minnesota is the No. 4 state in America with a life expectancy 80.8 years old.
Angela Gordon had no known health issues when she ended up in the emergency room with an unbearable headache. It was there that she discovered she had hereditary hypertension. And although she was just 19 years old, her blood pressure had reached stroke level. What shocked her most was learn…
Vaccines protect children from serious diseases.
In Minnesota the weather is a unifying theme of discussion and complaint year-round.
My friend Alan ended his four-year battle with prostate cancer, and I started my war to engage Black men and make them know the importance of prostate cancer screening.
The transformation of the corners of Penn and Plymouth Avenues in North Minneapolis is continuing with one of the community anchors, NorthPoint Health & Wellness, expanding.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has joined a coalition of 23 states and local governments in filing a lawsuit against a Trump Administration rule that would compel Minnesota to, “grant to individual health providers the categorical right to deny lawful and medically necessary treatm…
Academy Award winner Viola Davis has opened up about her prediabetes diagnosis, sharing that she comes from a family with a history of type 2 diabetes.
May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and it is very significant to me, because I am a stroke survivor.
The University of Minnesota will lead a $12.8 million project, funded over the course of five years by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), to study how educational experiences in adolescence impact cognitive functioning and deter the development of dementia later in life. NIA is part of t…
One of the most persistent myths of motherhood is that it’s the happiest time in a woman’s life.
The second annual Mental Health Affair will take place from 2 p.m. – 7 p.m. on Saturday (May 18) at the Cora McCorvey Health and Wellness Center, 1015 N. 4th Ave., Minneapolis.
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