Breaking the Cycle
Gestational hypertension (high blood pressure) and other complications during pregnancy can raise a woman’s risk of developing heart disease later in her life, an audience was told at a free talk held for Wear Red Canada, February 12. The annual nationwide event is...
Twice as nice
Métis leaders in Manitoba have given science students from across the province a big step up – twice in one day! In the words of Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF) President David Chartrand, “$75 thousand goes some way, but another $75 thousand goes a lot further.” At a...
The Truth of Our Hearts
Why do Indigenous cardiac patients in Manitoba get sicker and tend not to recover as well as the rest of the population, even after receiving medical treatment? A team of contributors and researchers at St. Boniface Hospital and from the University of Manitoba have...