Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 11/21/14
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of the top headlines from Eye on the Arctic this week:
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Majority of depression sufferers don’t get therapy in Finland; drugs more readily prescribed
About 430,000 Finns were taking prescription anti-depressants in 2013. Yet many Finns are left with their depression untreated as they
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Struggle to control dangerous stray dogs across northern Canada
It’s been a problem for many years in small communities all across far northern Canada. Stray pets and semi-wild dogs
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Alaska Native children less likely to have been wearing helmet in ATV crashes: study
Alaska Native children hurt in off-road-vehicle accidents are far less likely than non-Native children to have been wearing helmets, resulting
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Wild game source of lead for Swedish consumers
A new study in Sweden found that lead levels in people who eat wild game meat are higher than previously
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Bethel, Alaska residents speak out against marijuana legalization
BETHEL – A small, mainly anti-pot crowd on Monday filled the tiny Legislative Information Office here to put on the
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Shift from traditional foods takes toll on Alaska Native populations
Are Alaska Natives, with their ancestors’ long history of harvesting and eating healthful wild foods, immune to the ill effects
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Gender stereotypes behind high suicide rate
Men account for a majority of the suicides committed in Sweden every year. To help prevention, we need to take
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Jönköping, Sweden – famous for its elderly care
Jönköping, population 93,000, in southcentral Sweden, just made CNN’s list of the top ten healthiest cities. The town shares the company
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Nordic diet a heart-smart alternative
A Nordic diet is just as healthy as a Mediterranean one, a new study shows. The Nordic diet combines game
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Feature Interview: What Prime Minister’s northern tours tell us about Canada’s shifting Arctic priorities
Canada’s prime minster Stephen Harper wrapped up a six-day tour to the country’s Far North earlier this week. Marked with
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Traditional foods making their way onto elders’ plates in Northwest Alaska
KOTZEBUE — Picking berries, drying fish, butchering seals: For lifelong residents of the Northwest Arctic, these aren’t just “traditional” activities,
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Cultural ties may help prevent suicide in Arctic indigenous peoples, experts say
Amid the grim statistics about suicide in the far north there are some bright spots — and potential lessons for
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Eastern Finland is this summer’s snakebite hotspot
Physicians are reluctant to resort to antivenom, which costs more than 3,000 euros per dose. Finland only has one venomous
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Finland: Northern berry may find use in cancer therapy
Research by a team at the University of Helsinki shows that an extract from wild cloudberries is effective in preventing
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