health

Getting fit just got a whole lot more fun. With the nicer weather comes the launch of outdoor fitness programs around Boston. Now residents can salsa, stretch and HIIT their way into the summer, often for free.

The phrase “New Year, new me” is popular for a reason. For many, the new year brings a new start, one filled with change. For others, the new year can be filled with pressure and anxiety.

Ikechi Ojore, a musician, educator and social media influencer, recently posted, “I love being Black. It’s dangerous AF, but it’s dope.”

Sweet potato pie. Mac and cheese. Cornbread, candied yams, and another slice of sweet potato pie. One of the best parts about celebrating the holidays is piling your plate high with seasonal foods well-known in the Black community.

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A new program from Greater Grove Hall Main Streets and Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center aims to provide type 2 diabetes patients who are also food-insecure with financial support to make healthier food choices.

In the nation’s capital, Wards 7 and 8, where health inequities are widespread, a psychopharmacologist is piloting a mental health-coaching virtual platform called “Your Mind Our Business.” It flips the familiar phrase “mind your business” on its head to address a critical issue in Black and brown communities: mental health.

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines self-care as “the ability of individuals, families and communities to promote their own health, prevent disease, maintain health and to cope with illness.” Many can benefit from self-care and veterans are no exception.

The Berklee Music and Health Institute and the Can We Talk… initiative have joined forces to produce a day of workshops, performances, conversations and community connection at the intersection of art and health.

A new Boston-based research project is looking at the intersection of chronic pain and early cognitive decline in older Black adults in the Boston metro area.

Black women have long faced worse outcomes and higher mortality rates from breast cancer, with ongoing impact from racism within health systems and other barriers that prevent easy access to care.

When exploring the nourishment and nurturing of America’s foundation, you will inevitably find it was built upon Black mothers.