ICT - Living - Health http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health RSS Feed for ICT - Living - Health en-us Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT A life filled with scars http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/87139572.html FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Her earliest memories are of standing up in her crib as a toddler. She remembers her mother looking in and the happiness she felt upon seeing her. Dramatic decline of male births in indigenous communities tied to industrial pollution http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/87141237.html A strange reality exists in at least one indigenous community – babies that should be born boys are instead, born girls. It’s all good http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/87138417.html A few years back my company was growing leaps and bounds, the pace was hectic and I was falling down trying to keep up. I gained customers and I lost a few on this bumpy road. Cherokee Nation breaks ground on Salina Dental Clinic http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/87137747.html SALINA, Okla. – More than 100 people braved the cold temperatures to watch the Cherokee Nation break ground for a new dental clinic in Salina Feb. 23 as part of an expansion of the tribe’s Amo Health Center. The dental clinic will be the sixth in the Cherokee Nation Health Services system and will join the others in Tahlequah, Muskogee, Jay, Sallisaw and Stilwell. Choctaw tribal police get new drug dog http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/87136637.html DURANT, Okla. – Choctaw Nation Tribal Police officer Lt. Stan Briggs has a new partner on the job – a 13-month old Belgian Malinois named Taz Taz. The dog will assist the Tribal Police Force by sniffing vehicles for drugs and searching buildings and suspects as needed in locations throughout the Choctaw Nation’s 10 counties and by request from other local agencies. ACS cites top 7 reasons why people don’t get screened http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/87134557.html March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and the good news is: Colon cancer cases have been steadily decreasing in the past two decades. The bad news? It remains the third most common cancer in both men and women. And here’s the kicker: Colon cancer is a preventable disease, with a 90 percent survival rate when diagnosed early. In other words, it’s a beatable cancer. But you have to get screened. Cherokee Nation doctor assists Haitian refugees http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/87133142.html SANFORD, Fla. – A Cherokee Nation physician was among a team of medical professionals recently sent to Florida to assist in the effort to provide care to refugees arriving from Haiti after that country’s devastating earthquake. NAIHC asks for funds to be reinstated http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/87132412.html WASHINGTON – The National American Indian Housing Council has asked Congress to reinstate part of the big reduction in Indian Housing Block Grant money called for by the president’s fiscal 2011 budget. Trahant: Why Facebook complaints about IHS are important http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/87139337.html How does a health care agency listen to patient complaints in the era of social media? Well, the easiest thing to do is to ignore complaints or to explain them away. The best practice: Treat complaints as critical nuggets of information. Growing the Cultural Connections Program http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/87129417.html HONOLULU – The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement’s Cultural Connections Program has grown in popularity as more and more visitors become engaged in learning about Hawaii’s culture, history, language and practices.