HEALTH TOPICS—HEART DISEASES
Our Health
Our Stories
The Heart, The Drum
(National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH)
This 10-minute motivational video focuses on the problem of cardiovascular disease in Native American
and Alaska Native people and how they can deal with the major risk factors for it. Three people from
the tribal communities of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, the Ponca in Oklahoma, and the Bristol Bay
area in Alaska,tell how they changed their lifestyles for heart health.
(This video requires the use of the RealPlayer, which can be downloaded from RealPlayer‘s Web site at no charge.)
Stories From the Heart: Balerma's Story
(National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH)
Balerma writes about high prevalence of diabetes and heart disease in her family and how
she is teaching her children about healthy lifestyles.
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