A major study has found that Canadian First Nations communities with greater socio-economic advantages, educational opportunities, social support of family members and greater trust between community members have lower cardiac risk factors.
Indigenous researchers are working together with their non-Indigenous academic partners to analyze a major health study at a Hamilton-based research institute.
Findings from one of the largest magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) cohort studies in North America show that a simple cardiac risk score can indicate who may have carotid artery plaque and silent strokes, which often come before a serious clinical stroke,
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