Research head looks at Native health issues

June 5 - The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario has donated $1.5 million to the Northern Ontario School of Medicine to hire a research chairperson for Aboriginal and Rural Health, the first of its kind in Canada.
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Solving Pressing Public Health Problems: Close to $13 Million to Fund 14 New Research Chairs in Public Health

June 3 - Close to $13 million is being invested to fund 14 new Research Chairs on the topic of Public Health. The newly funded Research Chairs will look into the pressing problems of obesity, sexually transmitted diseases among youth, animal transmitted diseases, drug use, health among First Nations and Métis people, mental health in the workplace and how neighbourhoods influence our health.
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First Nation sues Alta. government over oilsands development

June 4 - EDMONTON - A small First Nation band in northern Alberta has launched legal action against the Alberta government over continuing oilsands development in the region.
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Re-evaluation of blood mercury, lead and cadmium concentrations in the Inuit population of Nunavik (Quebec): a cross-sectional study

Arctic populations are exposed to mercury, lead and cadmium through their traditional diet. Studies have however shown that cadmium exposure is most often attributable to tobacco smoking. The aim of this study is to examine the trends in mercury, lead and cadmium exposure between 1992 and 2004 in the Inuit population of Nunavik (Northern Quebec, Canada) using the data obtained from two broad scale health surveys, and to identify sources of exposure in 2004.
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MDs call for diabetes strategy as prevalence skyrockets

June 4 - The prevalence of diabetes in Canada has rocketed beyond all expectations, a national policy summit on the impact of diabetes complications heard yesterday.
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FNUniv graduates first Bachelor of Health Studies class

June 2 - REGINA -- This year's spring convocation ceremonies at the First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv) will see its first graduates from the Bachelor of Health Studies (BHS) program.
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