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Health News

7-4-2003
Tradition and science partner for new view on healthy living

MLA, principal speak out against marijuana reform

5-10-2003
Native American bone marrow donors needed

‘Rez-Robics’ by DreamCatchers Inc. and Navajo Health Promotions

4-30-2003
Budget increase for IHS

Ethnic disparities in diabetes toll

Tribe asks liquor outlets to aid sexual disease fight

A delicate balance

4-13-2003
Planting the seeds to a healthy diet has head start in Creek Nation
 

More Children Getting Adult Diabetes

Nunavut on SARS awareness alert

4-5-2003
Native American Hoped to Help Others

Navajo VP says uranium remarks used out of context

3-10-2003
Numbers triple at second Inuit smoking counsellor workshop

WCB wants to ban smoking in all workplaces

FMC values Certified Medical Interpreters

2-25-2003
March meeting to focus on helping Native Americans beat diabetes


2-17-2003

NMSU Studies Feasibility of Commercially Producing Sacred Indian Plants

Northern premiers say no to federal health deal

2-2-2003
Territories could receive extra money for health care

GN tests for trichinosis infection in walrus tongues

Suicide prevention strategies workshop held at TC District

1-26-2003
Senator Campbell: Charting a new course in Indian Health Care


Akausisarvik offers patients a place to call home

1-19-2003

Nation, border towns team up against alcohol abuse

Aboriginal leaders want to attend health conference

City moves ahead with smoking ban

1-12-2003
Navajo physician drawn to his reservation

Plague of alcoholism threatens Sanders community

First Nations twice as likely to get HIV

Seminoles rev up campaign to fight diabetes

Lakota man credits traditional diet for diabetes control

Tribe seeks methadone clinic

Nutritionist uses medicine wheel to illustrate dietary problems

1-5-2003
Navajos Walking Their Way Toward Better Health


1-1-2003

Ending the abuse: GN mounts anti-violence campaign


12-21-2002

Study ponders deaths of Indian babies, kids

Indian women in Mexico ban liquor in their villages in fight against alcoholism

Mother, son fighting rare disease face eviction

Health cuts against the law: First Nations

11-27-2002
Congress increases diabetes funding and extends program

Traveling with Diabetes Supplies

Non-smoking in the girls’ room

11-19-2002
Great American Smokeout: Is it anti-Indian?

Menopause Symptoms Resist Most Alternate Remedies

11-11-2002
2 villages loosen booze restrictions

Detox centre to be built in have-not community

11-03-2002
Anti-Tobacco Project Targets American Indians

Teen smoking plagues Nunavik

Government settles malpractice lawsuit against Shiprock hospital

Inuit addiction centre opens for Ontario Inuit

10-27-2002
Even moderate drinking will damage fetus

Popular weight-loss program northernized for Iqaluit lifestyle

10-20-2002
Woman Provides Traditional Food Link

Lakota society helps victims of violence

Help prevent suicide, Anawak tells elders

October 14, 2002
Coke isn’t it for health-conscious tribal school

Indians living in danger

Nonprofit Gives Native Foods to White Earth Diabetics

9-29-2002
Okalik shares own tale with world addictions forum

FBI: Teen Shoots Brother On Dare

New Technology helps circulation of Diabetic Tribal Members

Killing Us Slowly: When We Can't Fight and We Can't Run

Suicide prevention center needs money

9-15-2002
Iqaluit family fights for treatment for disabled son

Wait for new center nearly over

CU program helps treat Indians

Fitz center serves Native Americans

9-01-2002
Native Americans not ‘destined’ to diabetes

Lakota nutritionist’s Medicine Wheel based on traditional foodways

8-1-2002
Elders seek nursing home on rez


7-12-2002

Student pleads guilty to exposing woman to HIV


7-10-2002

Diabetes screenings
urged for Indians

Tribal group wants more health funds

6-23-2002
Diabetic Children Suffer as Young Adults, Study Finds


5-27-2002

Commissioner: Closing liquor stores in Whiteclay won't help


5-18-2002

Montreal tests show harmful effects of contaminants

An traditional use for rabbit droppings

Mental health crisis overflows into jail cells

5-11-2002
Health workshop promotes knowledge of Inuit practices


4-02-2002

Breast Cancer Care Worse for Poor

Native Americans losing a lifeline

Indian health clinic looks to expand

Top IHS officials at Crow clinic suspended

3-23-2002
Health care horror stories reveal need for changes

A role model of resiliency

3-21-2002
Report Says Minorities Get Lower-Quality Health Care


3-7-2002

Senate approves tribal health care resolution


3-6-2002

U. to study tribes' health woes


2-24-2002

Bison Making Comeback as Healthier, Tasty Meat


2-21-2002

Film fights diabetes with food


2-19-2002

Choc's Away - It's Good For You


2-17-2002

Indian Health Board fires respected, renowned doctor

GN takes a second look at hospital leases

2-14-2002
Denali KidCare may be trimmed

OU Researchers Work With Native Americans To Study Alcohol Abuse

2-12-2002
UA studies Hispanics, Indians on low breast cancer rates


1-2-2002

Native Americans fete sobriety in powwow


12-24-2001

Ho-Chunks concerns unite Ho-Chunk

Tribes try blend of tradition, therapy

12-19-2001
Younger RST tribal members targeted for diabetes prevention efforts

UNM Gets Funding For Diabetes Program

Medical aid for Pala on agenda

12-16-2001
Tribes confront diabetes epidemic

12-13-2001
Programs encourage members to stay sober

Tribe works to snuff out use of tobacco

Diabetes common health problem in tribe

12-11-2001
Clinics to stop serving non-Cherokees

Lakota woman beats IHS in court

12-9-2001
Council committee votes against
IHS takeover resolution


12-7-2001

Kuujjuaq’s notorious bar told to clean up its act

Booze, death and the Kuujjuaq bar

12-2-2001
Southcentral tribes set to get $1 million to combat alcohol abuse


11-30-2001

A Step Ahead of Diabetes

Bill provides cancer treatment for Native American women Staff report

Navajo Nation closing Four Corners Treatment Center

11-29-2001
GN signs deal to build Kivalliq health centre


11-28-2001

AIDS Treatment Eludes Many Indians

Choctaw Man in desperate need of Heart Surgery still waiting

11-27-2001
Tribes try blend of tradition, therapy

Group helps women stay strong

11-25-2001
Pawnee Nation is ready to start construction on new health center


11-23-2001

Study shows Nunavimmiut in poor health

Violence puts girls at risk

11-20-2001
Four Kansas tribes cooperate in wellness conference

Pimas target diabetes epidemic

11-19-2001
Deadly snakebite still stings tribe


11-18-2001

Nearly epidemic proportions of diabetes spur Cherokee prevention program


11-17-2001

The war against diabetes

City returns to non-smoking bylaw question

11-15-2001
After battle, two soldiers find some spiritual healing


11-9-2001

Flu vaccine program to include children

Butt out when pregnant

11-7-2001
Pawnees move ahead on plan for new clinic


11-5-2001

Reservations Try To Broaden Fight Against Diabetes


11-3-2001

Cherokees tackle diabetes with education

Yankton youths contribute to documentary on teen-age sex

11-1-2001
Rural water storage risks explored

Bootleg Pleas on Navajo Reservation

10-31-2001
Indians Fight Decades Of Soaring Diabetes With Traditional Practices


10-26-2001

Nunavik health body fights deficit, bad planning


10-25-2001

Cops pen letter to bootleggers

The bitter taste of medicine - Book Review

Medicine That Walks : Disease, Medicine, and Canadian Plains Native People, 1880-1940
by Maureen K. Lux

Audio Tapes available of "Return To Your Roots" Diabetes Conference

10-23-2001
Free mammograms and Women’s Health T-shirts available at Indian Health Care


10-22-2001

Yei-be-chei: Dine 'deities' perform healing ceremony

OU, tribes given diabetes grant

Boarding house ways called into question

10-18-2001
Native Group To Offer Home-Based Alcoholism Treatment


10-16-2001

Shelter For American Indian Women Marks Anniversary


10-15-2001

Program may pay tribal healer costs for Indian crime victims

Threat of anthrax surfaces in Florida

10-12-2001
Quebec’s nurse recruitment measures


10-10-2001

Air Force Donating Homes to Group


10-7-2001

Healing fund money uncertain for Nunavik group

Study: health workers could prevent suicide

10-5-2001
Natives have double the rate of heart disease: study


9-29-2001

Navajo health care takeover outlined

Navajo Health Care System Corp. unveils phase-in plan

9-28-2001
Breast cancer strikes Inuit, too

Diabetes Conference compares Traditional Foods to Modern

Smoking issue smoulders

Mass meningitis vaccinations

9-25-2001
HHS Awards Native American Elders Caregiver Grants


9-23-2001

Traditional Inuit diet cuts heart disease risk: study


9-21-2001

Picco wants to revamp Nunavut’s medevac system


9-20-2001

Health care at Holton IHS comes under fire


9-12-2001

Potawatomis schedule month of activities to promote wellness 


9-10-2001

Invasion of the Black Mold

Tribe asks military to study effects of communication system

9-9-2001
Tribal Hospital Treats Diabetes


9-8-2001

Tribes reaching out to violence victims


9-7-2001

Shiprock takes a stand against alcohol, drug abuse


9-6-2001

Another Nunavut nurse calls it quits


9-5-2001

U.S. Tobacco Companies Win Dismissals of Indian Tribal Lawsuits

Native hospital hears from its patients

8-30-2001
The Relationship Between Type II Diabetes and Alcoholism

Shaman applauds acceptance of old ways of healing

8-28-2001
Choctaw Man desperate for Heart Surgery Turned Away by I.H.S.

Diabetes Diagnosis and Control

CDC: Smoking by Pregnant Women Dropped

8-27-2001
Diabetes Strikes Adults in 30s

Race Seen Affecting Mental Health Care

8-26-2001
Surgeon General Reports on Care Gaps

 

   


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