Health

Wadnaha waa xubin ka sameysan muruq duuban oo xoog leh. Wadnaha waa xubinta jirka oo dhan dhiiga gaarsiisa. Waa maxay cudurada ku dhaca wadnaha? Cudurro dhowr ah ayaa wadnaha ku dhaca kuwaas oo dib u dhac u keena wareega  dhiiga ee jirka. Waxaa ka mid ah cudurradaas istaaga wadnaha (heart attack).  Waa maxay istaaga wadnaha (heart attack)? Wadnaha wuxuu istaagaa marka ay mid ama dhowr ka mid ah dhuumaha dhiiga nadiifka ah siiya muruqa wadnaha ay xirmaan, taas oo sababeysa in muruqa wadnaha uu waayo hawada oksijiinka ah. Marka uu wadnaha heliwaaya oksijiin ku filan, waxaa bilaabaneysa inay dhintaan unugyada muruqa wadnaha. Wadnaha oo istaaga wuxuu ka mid yahay cudurrada ay rag iyo haween badan u dhintaan dalkaan Mareykanka, Sanad walba hal milyan ayuu wadnaha istaaga , boqolkiiba 50 oo dadkaas ka mid ah ayaa dhinta waxayna ku dhintaan hal saac gudaheeda marka ay isku arkaan calaamadaha wadna xanuunka ka hor inta aan isbitaal la geynin. Istaaga wadnaha waa xaalad deg deg ah ee ha yareysanin.  Baro calaamadaha lagu garto istaaga wadnaha (heart attack). Waa maxay calaamadaha lagu garto istaaga wadnaha (heart attack)? Qofka wadnaha ka xanuunsan waxaa dhici karta inuu isku arka mid ama dhowr ka mid ah calaamadaha…

Before Mervat Lotfalla immigrated to the United States eight years ago, she spent more than 15 years working as a doctor at various hospitals in Egypt. In that period, Lotfalla — who graduated from Cairo University School of Medicine in 1994 — served as the head of Mallawy General Hospital’s emergency department, leading hundreds of staffers to provide adequate health services for rural communities there. Then in 2009, as political unrest started brewing in her homeland, Lotfalla and her family left Egypt and established a new life in Minnesota, where she hoped to continue her career in medicine. A year later, she began the process to get her license to practice medicine in the U.S. She passed all the examinations, but when she applied to get into a medical residency, the hands-on clinical practice experience that doctors must undergo to obtain their licenses, “I didn’t get interviews,” she said. Lotfalla is one of many foreign-trained immigrant and refugee physicians who often struggle to put their decades-long experience to use — even as many parts of Minnesota face a shortage for doctors. To remedy that shortage — and to address some of the barriers that prevent foreign-trained physicians from re-entering their…

Baaritaano badan oo laga sameeyay wadahadalka dhexmara bukaanka iyo takhtarka waxey isku waafaqsan yihiin in bukaanka waqti ku filan aan la siin si uu uga dhaadhiciyo takhtarka sababta uu balanta u sameystay. Wax ka yar nus daqiiqo markuu qofka ka hadlo arinkiisa ama arinkeeda, waxaa dhacda inta badan in takhtarka u hadalka ka soo dhex galo, bukaankana waxii uu sheegi lahaa fursad u helin inuu takhtarka u sheego. Marka qofka waxaa la gudboon inta uu takhtarka la kulmin inuu diyaarsado waxyaabaha ku kalifay balan inuu sameysto. Hadey suurowdo isku day inaad qorato waxyaabaha aad rabtid inaad ka hadashid. Waqtigu waa qaali, waxaana loo baahan yahay in laga faa’ideysto. Marka lagu weydiiyo maxaan kuu qaban karaa, nuqdooyinka aad rabtay inaad ka hadasho hakuu diyaarsanaadaan. Suurto galna ma aha in waxyaabo fara badan in lagu xalin karo hal fadhi. Ugu yaraan hal, laba ama saddex waxyaalood oo muhiim kuu ah marka wax lagaala qabto, waxaad dhihi kartaa in kulanka takhtarka uu noqday mid laga faa’ideystay. Bukaanka marba inuu mowduuc cusub soo tuuro ma aha iyadoo kii hore aan meel la saarin. Hadduu qof yiraahdo: “madaxaa i xanuunaya, deriskeygana daawo xanuun baabi’sa ah baan ka qaatay, oo laxawgii wuu ka sii daray, calooshana…

Our colleagues in the Health Improvement Bureau at MDH recently completed a series of trainings with several Twin Cities Imams, Muslim faith leaders, to help combat the opioid epidemic ravaging local communities. The team hopes that this project will be a replicable model of how to partner with faith-based communities in the opioid epidemic response, and in understanding substance use disorder, mental health and trauma more broadly.  “Engaging faith leadership to take a knowledgeable stand on the issue of opioid use in our community allows a community’s selected and trusted leadership to serve their people in this important issue,” said Imam Sharif Mohamed of the Islamic Civic Society of America/Dar Al-Hijrah Mosque, which is based in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis. Imam Sharif and Kate Erickson, the MDH opioid overdose prevention director, spearheaded the initiative together as part of the Data-Driven Prevention Initiative funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2016, nearly 400 Minnesotans died of an opioid-involved death, and prescription opioids remain the leading cause of opioid-involved death. Since the launch of the Opioid Dashboard last fall, Kate has been giving presentations about the opioid epidemic throughout the state, highlighting the data and information included in the Opioid Dashboard to local…

Cunno siinta ilmaha 1-sano-jirka ah aad ayey u fududahay maxaa yeelay ilmaha saan-qaadka ah (toddlers) in ay wax kasta cunaan ayey jecel yihiin. Canugaagu wuxuu rabi doonaa raashinka ay reerku cunayaan oo kale. Waalid ahaan adiga ayaa go’aansan doona nooca cuntada ee aad ilmahaaga siineysid, marka ilmahaagu cunada cunayo, iyo meesha uu cunada ku cunayo. Ilmahaaga ayaa go’aansan doona cuntada inta uu ka cunayo iyo hadii in uu cunto cuno uu doonayo iyo inkale. Cunooyinka la siin karo U keen ilmahaaga cunooyin kala duwan oo cunto caafimaad leh ah. Cunooyinka aad xili kasta oo wax la cuno aad siineysid furuto (fruits) iyo khudaar ha ka mid noqdeen. Ku dhiiri geli ilmahaaga in uu isku dayo cunitaanka cunooyin kala duwan. U kala jar cunooyinka cad-cad la eg 1/4- ilaa 1/2- inch la eg. Cunooyinka aad siineyso ilmaha ha ka mid noqdeen cunto jilicsan oo si fudud loo ruugi karo si fududna loo liqi karo. Isticmaal caanaha nooca whole milk ga ah (caanaha aan subaga laga saarin) ilaa uu ilmahaagu 2-jir ka gaarayo. Caanaha iyo juuska sii marka aad siinayso cuntada iyo markaad siinayso cunto-fudud oo kali ah. Ilmahaaga sii biyo marki uu harraado inta u dhexaysa cuntooyinka. Caanaha iyo juuska/casiirka aad bay u fiicanyihiin laakiin wax badan marka aad ka siiso…

It’s time to sign up! Open enrollment for health coverage in Minnesota is Nov 1 to Jan 14 Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as “Obamacare”, was passed, Briva Health™has become the go-to place for Somalis when it comes to their health insurance coverage. The organization has expert, multilingual navigators, including several Somali navigators who provide free enrollment assistance through MNsure, Minnesota’s health insurance marketplace. Briva Health is MNsure’s largest enrollment partner and provides walk-in and by appointment enrollment assistance to Minnesotans in the Twin Cities and Saint Cloud metro areas. To date, Briva Health navigators helped more than 30,000 Minnesotans enroll un health coverage. “ We try our best to help everyone enroll on the right coverage,” says chief executive officer, Hodan Guled, “ we often come across people who have never had coverage before only to find out that they qualify for a sizable tax credit or even free insurance” she adds. In Minnesota, open enrollment for health coverage started on November 1st; and will continue until January 14, 2018. Unlike many other states, Minnesotans will have four additional weeks to sign up for health coverage. During this period, Minnesotans can shop and enroll in health…