medicine

Naturopath from Northern Canada publishes book challenging assumptions around Indigenous medicine

29 April 2019 15 h 03 min — 29 April 2019 15 h 06 min CBC News 0 Comments books, First Nations, health, indigenous, medicine, Northwest Territories, NWT, traditional knowledge

A Yellowknife, Northwest Territories naturopathic doctor and Indigenous health advocate is hoping to help build bridges between traditional and western

Countries General SOCIETY Society Sweden

Free birth control halves number of abortions carried out in northern Sweden

17 March 2015 17 h 25 min — 17 March 2015 18 h 20 min Radio Sweden 0 Comments Åke Berggren, Arctic, medicine, Norrbotten

Since Sweden’s Norrbotten county council began offering free birth control to young women three years ago the number of abortions

Canada SOCIETY Society

Two northerners receive Order of Canada

31 December 2013 10 h 57 min CBC News 0 Comments art, medicine, Nunavut, NWT

Two Northerners were among 90 people named on Monday to the Order of Canada, one of Canada’s highest civilian honours.

Featured Society SOCIETY USA

Program to recruit pediatricians to Alaska

5 July 2013 10 h 18 min — 19 March 2018 13 h 38 min APRN 0 Comments doctors, medicine, North, rural

Four pediatric residents got their first taste of Alaskan style medicine this spring. It’s part of a new partnership based