The kidney is faced with unique challenges for oxygen regulation, both because its function
requires that perfusion greatly exceeds that required to meet metabolic demand and …

Since 2006, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society heart failure (HF) guidelines have
published annual focused updates for cardiovascular care providers. The 2010 Canadian …

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the most common causes of premature death and
morbidity and have a major impact on health-care costs, productivity, and growth …

Aborigines in remote areas of Australia have much higher rates of renal disease, as well as
hypertension and cardiovascular disease, than non-Aboriginal Australians. We compared …

Objective To review the literature to determine the attributes of culturally appropriate
healthcare to inform the design of chronic disease management (CDM) models for …

Background: First Nations people with diabetes mellitus and hypertension are at greater risk
of renal and cardiovascular complications than are non-native patients because of barriers …

Objective to compare the quality of care before and after the introduction of the new
Midwifery Group Practice. Design a cohort study. Setting the health centers (HCs) in two of …

BACKGROUND: Despite Coronary Heart Disease exacting a heavy toll among Aboriginal
Australians, accurate estimates of its epidemiology are limited. This study compared the …

Abstract Background Indigenous Australians experience high rates of chronic conditions. It
is often asserted Indigenous Australians have low adherence to medication; however there …

Australia's Indigenous people have high rates of chronic kidney disease and kidney failure.
To define renal disease among these people, we reviewed 643 renal biopsies on …