News tagged with inuit children
First of its kind study identifies risk factors for LRTIs in Inuit children
May 21, 2009 — Inuit children have the highest rate of hospital admission for Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) globally, but new research shows that lowering risk factors though public health interventions and an ...
May 21, 2009 |
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Solastalgia's growing influence is 'bittersweet' success
If you enter ‘solastalgia’ into a Google search, the staggering number and range of results illustrates just how widely the influence of Professor Glenn Albrecht’s concept has spread. ...
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Are humans extinction-proof?
Does climate change seriously threaten to wipe out the human species if left unchecked? Examining our evolutionary past suggests it might once have been the perfect catalyst for our extinction. But now?
Jun 09, 2011 |
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Eye on the environment
The Canadian Arctic. The Amazonian jungle. The fringes of an African rainforest.
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Study warns of mercury in Arctic
Global mercury emissions could grow by 25 percent by 2020 if no action is taken to control them, posing a threat to polar bears, whales and seals and the Arctic communities who hunt those animals for food, ...
May 05, 2011 |
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Tuberculosis in Nunavut: a century of failure
A recent outbreak of tuberculosis in Nunavut, with a population infection rate 62 times the Canadian average, points to a need to rebuild trust in public health to combat the disease, states an editorial published in CMAJ ...
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Fetal alcohol exposure associated with a decrease in cognitive performance
It has been known for many years that drinking alcohol while pregnant can cause serious and irreversible damage to the fetus. However, new research exploring memory deficits in children diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum ...
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Asthma rates in Inuit below national average
New research shows Inuit populations in the Canadian Arctic have asthma rates far below Aboriginal people in other parts of Canada, especially those in urban centres.
May 03, 2010 |
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Patterns of growth changing in Inuit preschoolers
Inuit preschoolers in Nunavut are as tall as their U.S. counterparts but they're also heavier, according to a new study published in the online edition of the International Journal of Circumpolar Health.
Apr 19, 2010 |
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70 percent of Inuit preschoolers live in food insecure homes
Seventy percent of Inuit preschoolers in Nunavut, Canada's largest territory, live in households where there isn't enough food, a situation with implications for children's academic and psychosocial development, found an ...
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Mercury in fish seems to raise blood pressure in spite of nutrients
(PhysOrg.com) -- The negative impact of high amounts of methylmercury in seafood on blood pressure may outweigh the protective effects of fish nutrients, researchers report in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart As ...
Oct 05, 2009 |
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