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Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in Native populations, said the head of the Assembly of First Nations national diabetes program.

At the current rate, more than 20 per cent of Aboriginals will have the disease by the year 2000, said Alethea Kewayosh.

A 10-year study released in Saskatchewan last year said Natives with diabetes in that province are seven times more likely to develop kidney failure requiring dialysis than non-Natives. Half of all diabetics who suffer kidney failure die within two years, she added.

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Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in Native populations, said the head of the Assembly of First Nations national diabetes program.

At the current rate, more than 20 per cent of Aboriginals will have the disease by the year 2000, said Alethea Kewayosh.

A 10-year study released in Saskatchewan last year said Natives with diabetes in that province are seven times more likely to develop kidney failure requiring dialysis than non-Natives. Half of all diabetics who suffer kidney failure die within two years, she added.

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Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in Native populations, said the head of the Assembly of First Nations national diabetes program.

At the current rate, more than 20 per cent of Aboriginals will have the disease by the year 2000, said Alethea Kewayosh.

A 10-year study released in Saskatchewan last year said Natives with diabetes in that province are seven times more likely to develop kidney failure requiring dialysis than non-Natives. Half of all diabetics who suffer kidney failure die within two years, she added.

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Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in Native populations, said the head of the Assembly of First Nations national diabetes program.

At the current rate, more than 20 per cent of Aboriginals will have the disease by the year 2000, said Alethea Kewayosh.

A 10-year study released in Saskatchewan last year said Natives with diabetes in that province are seven times more likely to develop kidney failure requiring dialysis than non-Natives. Half of all diabetics who suffer kidney failure die within two years, she added.

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Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in Native populations, said the head of the Assembly of First Nations national diabetes program.

At the current rate, more than 20 per cent of Aboriginals will have the disease by the year 2000, said Alethea Kewayosh.

A 10-year study released in Saskatchewan last year said Natives with diabetes in that province are seven times more likely to develop kidney failure requiring dialysis than non-Natives. Half of all diabetics who suffer kidney failure die within two years, she added.

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Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in Native populations, said the head of the Assembly of First Nations national diabetes program.

At the current rate, more than 20 per cent of Aboriginals will have the disease by the year 2000, said Alethea Kewayosh.

A 10-year study released in Saskatchewan last year said Natives with diabetes in that province are seven times more likely to develop kidney failure requiring dialysis than non-Natives. Half of all diabetics who suffer kidney failure die within two years, she added.

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Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in Native populations, said the head of the Assembly of First Nations national diabetes program.

At the current rate, more than 20 per cent of Aboriginals will have the disease by the year 2000, said Alethea Kewayosh.

A 10-year study released in Saskatchewan last year said Natives with diabetes in that province are seven times more likely to develop kidney failure requiring dialysis than non-Natives. Half of all diabetics who suffer kidney failure die within two years, she added.

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Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in Native populations, said the head of the Assembly of First Nations national diabetes program.

At the current rate, more than 20 per cent of Aboriginals will have the disease by the year 2000, said Alethea Kewayosh.

A 10-year study released in Saskatchewan last year said Natives with diabetes in that province are seven times more likely to develop kidney failure requiring dialysis than non-Natives. Half of all diabetics who suffer kidney failure die within two years, she added.

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Aboriginal health care workers must be trained to deal with the re-emergence of tuberculosis in their communities, say experts.

"It is absolutely crucial that we not only have enhanced training, but enhanced re-

training," said Dr. David Penman, an epidemiologist with Health and Welfare Canada.

Penman spoke on the issue at the annual meeting of the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada, held recently in Brantford, Ont., approximately 75 km southwest of Toronto.

"Tuberculosis is re-emerging as a major health epidemic," warned Penman.

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Aboriginal health care workers must be trained to deal with the re-emergence of tuberculosis in their communities, say experts.

"It is absolutely crucial that we not only have enhanced training, but enhanced re-

training," said Dr. David Penman, an epidemiologist with Health and Welfare Canada.

Penman spoke on the issue at the annual meeting of the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada, held recently in Brantford, Ont., approximately 75 km southwest of Toronto.

"Tuberculosis is re-emerging as a major health epidemic," warned Penman.