Health + Wellness

Recent study challenges current treatments, outreach By Charles Hallman Staff Writer According to the National Cancer Institute, Black women have the highest incidence of breast cancer of any U.S. population group. But at least one cancer survivor strongly disagrees with this assessment. “Caucasian women are the ones who have a higher incidence rate of breast […]

Advantages of detoxification and colonic cleansing Imagine the annual approach of spring: longer days, warmer temperatures, verdant foliage and fragrant flowers greeting you each morning, and the annual spring cleaning tradition underway in many homes. The de-cluttering of excess junk and deep-cleaning the debris away leaves your environment refreshed anew. Consider this same spring-cleaning tradition […]

Parents have a say in deciding their child’s classroom setting Thus far in this series, we have talked about children’s challenging behaviors: what’s typical, when to be concerned, strategies to work with the school to help your child with challenging behaviors, and what to do when those strategies fall short of meeting your child’s needs. […]

Most careers start out as a climbing exercise. Thoughts of our next promotion and stellar climbs frequent our days. But for all but a tiny fraction of employees, that climb ends before their career does. Sometimes one realizes that he or she does not want to make the necessary sacrifices needed in order to grasp […]

Survey gives insight on Black women’s coping styles By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Throughout her doctoral work, Texas A&M Assistant Sport Management Professor Akilah R. Carter-Francique found that there wasn’t as much research done on how Black women cope with stress or stressful situations. In response, she created a survey to act as a foundation […]

First, I want to thank the Spokesman Recorder for a concerted effort to maintain a steady flow of important quality information about the life and times of our community. Many people of African heritage and some of other cultural groups have written different literature about the Black experience, including interpretations of the impact of the […]

Fear is the opposite of faith; it can keep you enslaved and frozen, which will stop you from taking initiative or control of your life. — David Jeffries  Hello, once again, to all of you who continue to follow the ”Starting Anew” column. In this article, I will be touching on the issues of fear, […]

Federal Reserve VP works to increase economic growth for marginalized communities Dorothy Bridges, senior vice president responsible for community development and outreach at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, thought life was good in New Orleans in the 1950s and ’60s. She doesn’t recall noticing what others clearly saw as the poverty that existed inside […]

Finding serenity in western culture comes with discipline and practice Balance, peace of mind, serenity; call it what you like you’d like. Just make sure you’re calling on it everyday. Is it possible to maintain peace of mind and balance with the barrage of consuming tasks and responsibilities day by day, hour by hour? There’s […]

In the coming months, I will join the Minnesota Spokesman Recorder’s family of thought leaders in bringing information to you in our community about my discoveries on the power of culture as a resource for health and healing. For over 30 years I have been studying culture as a set of symbols, a knowledge system […]