Health
Researchers point to gap in Indigenous health equalities
A UBC Okanagan researcher is calling attention to the looming gap in health equality when it comes to Indigenous populations living off-reserve in Canada.
Aug 5, 2022
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News tagged with indigenous population
Health
Formalizing exposure to nature as a health recommendation
Strolling through the forest, gardening, engaging in outdoor activities, marveling at the trees and the birds—what could be better for the body and the mind?
Jul 14, 2022
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Cardiology
Your pay, postcode and parents affect your heart disease risk
Most of us know our risk of heart disease increases as we age, and it's more common in men. But are you aware the risk of heart disease, and of death from heart disease, is greater if you're Indigenous or of low socioeconomic ...
Jul 11, 2022
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Genetics
To make genetic tests clinically useful for non-European groups, we need targeted recruitment, researchers argue
As prices for genetic testing go down and awareness of what these tests can do goes up, more and more people are choosing to have their DNA analyzed. One limitation to these tests is that even when they are conducted with ...
Jun 2, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Marginalized communities of color face high COVID-19 risk
Although everyone has been affected by COVID-19 and the pandemic it spawned, not all populations have been affected equally. In the United States, for example, COVID-19 cases and death rates have been disproportionately high ...
May 26, 2022
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Genetics
Hereditary pancreatitis rates 70 times higher among Australian Indigenous people
The estimated prevalence of hereditary pancreatitis in South Australia is higher than in Europe, particularly among Indigenous young people, according to research published today by the Medical Journal of Australia.
May 23, 2022
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Surgery
Study fills knowledge gaps about surgery outcomes for Inuit in Canada
A team of Canadian researchers, including Inuit and other Indigenous researchers, have published the first study of Inuit surgical outcomes today in CMAJ Open. The study used data from The Ottawa Hospital, which is the quaternary ...
May 3, 2022
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Medical research
Survey of Nepali people uncovers clues about the prevalence and determinants of non-communicable diseases
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)—diseases that are not transmissible between individuals—account for the leading causes of death globally. However, there is limited data about how NCDs affect vulnerable populations, especially ...
Feb 18, 2022
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Genetics
Researchers find key to drivers of kidney disease
For the first time researchers have identified a gene which shows the kidney has its own way of resisting damage.
Dec 22, 2021
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Immunology
Flu vaccine elicits robust immune responses in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations
For the first time, researchers have found the influenza vaccine to be just as effective in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as it is non-Indigenous people.
Oct 5, 2021
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