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By the National Alliance on Mental IllnessSeptember 10, 2025September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time to raise awareness, spread hope and spark meaningful action around one of the most urgent mental health issues of our time. During September (and year-round) the focus is on bringing discussion about suicide out of the darkness and into the open. The goal is to ensure that individuals, friends and families have access to the tools, resources and…- By By Johnathon Aho, MD, Sanford Luverne General SurgeonMarch 19, 2025Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the United States. As a general surgeon at Sanford Luverne, I perform colonoscopies regularly and I also recommend when people can get by with a home test instead. In fact, Sanford tried to make it easier and more convenient for patients to complete their recommended screenings through an initiative to mail screening kits to…
- March 12, 2025The Minnesota Alliance for Problem Gambling and the Minnesota Lottery are partnering with the National Council on Problem Gambling to recognize March as Problem Gambling Awareness Month. This year’s theme, “Seeking Understanding,” focuses on increasing awareness of problem gambling as a serious but often misunderstood mental health condition. The campaign seeks to foster greater awareness and…
- By Kari Voss-Drost, assistant director, Southwest Crisis CenterOctober 30, 2024As we close out October and Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I would like to reflect on several terms and definitions surrounding domestic violence, intimate partner violence and coercive control. By defining something, we validate it and the reality it represents. The term coercive control encompasses a pattern of power, control, intimidation and oppression that one experiences at the hands…
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