http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health RSS Feed for ICT - Living - Health en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/70282902.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island – prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/70282317.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Since 2004, the Native Health Initiative has logged more than 60,000 volunteer hours, utilizing a sparse amount of funds and operating on the fuel of human compassion. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/70281487.html WASHINGTON – Late on the evening of Nov. 7, the reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act overcame a major hurdle, passing the U.S. House of Representatives as part of larger health care reform legislation. Whether it can do the same in the Senate remains to be seen. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/70281252.html NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) – Fort Berthold Community College in New Town plans to work with the Three Affiliated Tribes to train staff for the Elbowoods Memorial Health Center being built on the Fort Berthold Reservation. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/70280927.html WASHINGTON – On Nov. 7, Rep. Ben Ray Luján voted in favor of the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962), which will make health insurance more affordable and accessible for all Americans. The legislation passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 220-215. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/70194042.html How do you get from picking fruit in the San Joaquin Valley at 6 to being a year away from retiring after a distinguished 32-year career in the Army? With a plan, says Master Sgt. Gabriel Fierro Sr. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/70187147.html COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Older people are sometimes overlooked, but one Native 66-year-old innovator in the substance abuse field has been recognized with a $100,000 award for his work. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/70197892.html ASHEBORO, N.C. – Twenty-four million children and adults in the United States live with diabetes, a disease that leads to potentially life-threatening complications such as heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and blindness. Without proper care, 15 percent of diabetics will develop foot ulcers which can lead to an increased risk of foot amputations. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/68893612.html Preventing and treating diabetes encompasses more than physical cures in 17 innovative tribal efforts funded by the Native Diabetes Wellness Program of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. The most effective approaches take spiritual, emotional, and cultural aspects into account as well, said Aubrey Skye, Hunkpapa Lakota, gardens coordinator of one recipient of CDC funds, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Diabetes Program. “You have to consider the whole person.” http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/health/70203412.html After more than a decade of intense attention to diabetes, including funding for new programs and services, what have we learned? We have learned the risk factors associated with diabetes; that diabetes is a costly yet controllable condition; and there can be serious consequences from not treating it. We have learned diabetes can be prevented with a low fat diet and 150 minutes of exercise each week. We have learned of our amazing capacity for gaining new knowledge and how effective diabetes research in Indian country can be. We have learned how to quickly align ourselves with one another to collaborate around diabetes and other health promotion programs. We have learned that diabetes spares no one; directly or indirectly, we are all affected.