Health + Wellness
Glenville is ground zero for Cleveland’s lead crisis. Federal dollars are flowing in to address the issue, but will it be enough?
Not far from I-90, Urban Renaissance Farms is helping to cultivate an urban farming culture in Euclid.
One year after launching a new chapter, Slow Food Cleveland is joining forces with Dave's Supermarket in Midtown for a new Slow Food Cafe series.
Floral arrangements from weddings and funerals see new life thanks to BigHearted Blooms, which repurposes the flowers and delivers them to nursing homes and hospitals.
The Cleveland Rape Crisis Center saw an urgent need to serve African-American survivors of sexual assault. It hopes its new office conveniently located on Shaker Square will improve its accessibility to those who need it the most.
At the Renee Jones Empowerment Center's new offices on Cleveland's Near West Side, women rescued from traffickers receive counseling, therapy and other essential services. All for free.
Golf is coming to Cleveland Heights with the help of high-tech simulators at Proximity Golf Lounge in the historic Heights Rockefeller Building.
There's no better way to experience the stunning downtown views along the Cleveland Foundation Centennial Lake Link Trail than during a 5K walk/run sponsored by the Cleveland Metroparks. This year's event takes place Saturday, Sept. 14, in the Flats.
The environment is on the minds of a lot of people these days. What can an ordinary person do? Plenty, it turns out, just by following these helpful tips for your daily routine, compiled with the help of Sustainable Cleveland.
Last fall, a walk taken around the Fairfax neighborhood signified the possibilities for powerful change. Almost a year later, a unique bike ride continues that forward momentum.
Access to healthy food options is growing in Cleveland's Fairfax neighborhood, thanks to the efforts of learning farms and cooking classes.
Hispanic Americans are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes than non-Hispanic whites, a fact that doesn't escape residents of Clark-Fulton—home to Cleveland's largest Hispanic/Latino population. Meet the changemakers working toward prevention and healthier eating options for the neighborhood.
All daddy-daughter dances have that “aww” factor, but the Him & Me Dance is truly awe-inspiring. With its seventh go-round scheduled for this Sunday, August 4, the annual event is planned by suicide prevention nonprofit Alive on Purpose to strengthen the bond between dads and daughters—and bring much-needed awareness to the fact that 63 percent of all suicides come from fatherless homes.
Not every high school junior can knowledgeably drop terms like “reiki” and “acupressure” into conversation, but thanks to her summer internship, Ashley Hayden can talk Eastern healing modalities with the best of them.
Each year, Cuyahoga County receives approximately 50,000 calls through the Child Abuse Hotline at the Division of Child and Family Services, according to the county website. These calls report acts of physical, sexual and emotional abuse and neglect to children throughout Northeast Ohio. Nationally, abuse affects three million children annually, and causes the death of about four children every day.
If someone had told a teenage Jasmin Santana that she would one day be the first Latina elected to Cleveland City Council, she probably wouldn’t have believed it.
In Cuyahoga County, the infant mortality rate for African-American babies is 15.1 per every 1,000 live births, compared to 3.8 for white babies. In other words, Cleveland's black babies are approximately four times more likely to die before their first birthday than white babies.
Cleveland's decades-long lead poisoning epidemic has dominated policy and community debates in recent years. The concern is warranted: Each day, four Cleveland children are poisoned by inhaling or ingesting lead dust—putting our city's childhood lead poisoning rate at four times the national average.
The women come from a variety of backgrounds. Some work in factories or grocery chains, others as school lunch ladies, making $8 to $9 an hour. Others are Hurricane Maria refugees who work for Burlington, some for U.S. Cotton, supporting families as they tilt on the poverty line.
All have one thing in common: the dream to one day be registered nurses.
All have one thing in common: the dream to one day be registered nurses.
The children who come through Providence House—a crisis nursery providing free, voluntary emergency shelter to children—have enough going on in their worlds without having a quiet, relaxing place to think, reflect, or just be alone. Last week, Valley City-based landscape tool manufacturer Troy-Bilt sent six gardening experts to Providence House on W. 32nd Street to help revive the facility’s sensory garden as a place where even the youngest clients can take a peaceful time out.