A new study focusing on the common CA-125 blood test found that some patients were 23 percent less likely to show elevated ...

It quickly spread to the Native American population, which had up until now been free of this communicable disease. It’s unclear how many were killed by smallpox, though historians estimate some ...

Robert Gray named and claimed the Columbia River for the United States in 1792, European diseases already had decimated the Pacific Northwest Native American population. Later outbreaks ...

NIH funding opportunities aim to improve Native American health and advance diabetes and behavioral science research.

The European presence introduced at least a dozen strange diseases during this era that American Indians had no natural immunity against. The native population suffered enormous losses.

The findings were presented last week at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention/Lifestyle and ...

including some who are not Native American or enrolled in a tribe. The clinics provide a wide range of services, including primary care, dental care, disease prevention, health education ...

He called the disease hasba, meaning "eruption ... Christopher Columbus and his men carried both measles and smallpox to Native Americans, triggering widespread epidemics among populations ...