Curve Lake donates to PRHC

As Curve Lake First Nation celebrates its culture the community will give back to its Peterborough neighbours.
Curve Lake will present a cheque for $25,000 to the Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation tomorrow, said Kathy McCue, general manager for Curve Lake First Nation.
“Clearly, we’ve got some serious health concerns with respect to diabetes and cancer is rampant everywhere,” McCue told The Examiner yesterday

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List of National Aboriginal Day Events

List of events for Ontario and rest of Canada for National Aboriginal Day.

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Poor Children More Likely To Develop Diabetes As Adults

Diabetes strikes harder at those who were poor as children, according to a new study that spans more than three decades. Participants who were disadvantaged in youth were more likely to develop diabetes than better-off peers were during the 34-year study time frame.

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MDs call for diabetes strategy as prevalence skyrockets

The prevalence of diabetes in Canada has rocketed beyond all expectations, a national policy summit on the impact of diabetes complications heard yesterday.
"We have already blown out the estimates," Dr. Stewart Harris, a University of Western Ontario medical professor, told the conference, which attracted about 150 doctors and other health professionals and representatives from health and aboriginal organizations to Ottawa.

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