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Hospital overload

Many admissions could have been avoided or treated at home: report

Tens of thousands of Canadians are being admitted to hospital each year for asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic health problems that could potentially be managed or treated at home, new federal figures show.
In 2006-07 there were about 87,500 admissions to hospitals outside Quebec for potentially avoidable problems. About one in five were re-admitted at least once within the same year.

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Report: More Mexican-Americans Face Diabetes Problem

The number of people with diabetes has jumped 15 percent in just two years. A new government report finds eight percent of Americans have the disease and the problem is worse among Mexican-Americans.Each month, about 50 new patients walk through the door at the Duschesne Clinic. Of those 50, roughly 35 already know they have diabetes or will find out they have it. "The diabetes is by far the number one diagnosis here at the clinic," nurse Amber Eastabrooks said."Almost all my family have diabetes. My dad passed away because of the disease," patient Maria Amparo-Serrano said.

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Indigenous health needs miners’ help

By Kellie Guest of International Longwall News
Matt Cooke is chief executive of the Nhulundu Health Service in Gladstone, Queensland and was one of the speakers at the National Reconciliation Forum in Kalgoorlie-Boulder this month.
He said the Aboriginal health crisis needed to be dealt with now, and industry had a key role to play in any response.

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