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Health & Wellness

Cherokee Casinos Donate Coats

ICTMN Staff
January 22, 2011
As part of the Drive the Warmth promotion at Cherokee Casinos Fort Gibson and Tahlequah , casino staff donated more than 200 coats to local families in need through Cherokee Elder ...

Cree: Traditional Remedies for Diabetes Rival Prescription Drugs

ICTMN Staff
January 21, 2011
Type II diabetes reached “epidemic proportions in Cree communities,” around the turn of the millennium, Kathleen Wootton, deputy chief of the Cree Nation of Mistissini in Quebec fr...

Lois Ellen Frank Cooks by the Indian Medicine Wheel

ICTMN Staff
January 20, 2011
Lois Ellen Frank (Photo courtesy of Red Mesa Cuisine, LLC) "American cuisine is a combination of immigrant cuisines in conjunction with Native American cooking," said Lois Ellen Fr...

Native American Food Cart in NYC?

ICTMN Staff
January 20, 2011
The New York Daily News reports that the Parks Department is searching for cooks who can create a brand new food cart in the Bowling Green area of downtown Manhattan...

Drinking Coffee Lowers Diabetes Risk

ICTMN Staff
January 19, 2011
Drinking four cups of caffeinated coffee daily reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to recent studies by University of California, Los Angeles researchers, pub...

White Float Coats Protect Alaska Native Whalers

ICTMN Staff
January 19, 2011
Many Alaska Native whalers risked navigating Alaska's icy waters without lifejackets, opting to wear white clothes rather than sticking out against the arctic landscape in bright-c...

Canada Bands Together Against Northern TB Scourge

ICTMN Staff
January 19, 2011
Nunavut’s tuberculosis rate is 62 times the national average, according to CBC News , with more than 100 active cases diagnosed in 2010, up from 58 in 2008...

N.M. Organic Farmers Will Gather at Agriculture Conference

ICTMN Staff
January 18, 2011
An upcoming two-day New Mexico Organic Farming Conference will draw members of the state's $67 million organic farming industry. Taking place in Albuquerque, N.M., on Feb...

Abramson Elected NIHB Chair

Rob Capriccioso
January 18, 2011
Cathy Abramson, chair of the National Indian Health Board (Photo courtesy of Cathy Abramson) WASHINGTON – Cathy Abramson was elected chair of the National Indian Health Board on Ja...

First Nation Babies' High Birth Weight Linked to Postneonatal Death

ICTMN Staff
January 17, 2011
High birth weights in First Nations babies may indicate an increased risk of postneonatal death, according to a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal , report...

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