Health Tips

Hypertension – or prolonged high blood pressure – damages your blood vessels and organs over time if left untreated, and can lead to a heart attack

Quitting smoking and staying quit is very important for your health. Here are 6 steps to help you.  

Focusing on healthy habits like physical activity helps us build a strong Cree Nation.

Being active is part of healthy living. It has many benefits for our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.

When you make nutritious food choices, it helps maintain your blood glucose and can help you get closer to normal levels. 

Many foods contain sugar – not just sweet-tasting food. Any activity that you do will use the sugars you eat to make your body move.

When you try lowering your stress, you might have more time to focus on the other aspects of healthy lifestyles.

Respecting our elders is the best way to learn about our Cree traditions. And show we care.

Alzheimer’s is a disease that affects parts of the brain that control memory, thought and language. 

Extreme heat can put your health at risk, causing illnesses like heat stroke and even death.

As wildfire burns through forests and grasslands, it produces dense smoke that can be a major source of toxic air pollutants.

Palliative Care is treatment and support to relieve symptoms and improve quality of life for people with a serious illness that can not be cured. 

The Cree Health Board Residential School Resolution Health Support Program, part of Maanuuhiikuu Mental Health Services, is here to help.

Because of COVID-19, hunters need to adapt to these ways again this year.

Our traditional practices are an important connection and contribution to our social well-being as well as physical, mental and spiritual health. 

One of the biggest challenges with disabilities, especially those considered invisible, like Autism Spectrum Disorder - is a lack of understanding.

lyiyimiichim is healthy... but lead is not!

The Paayikutaaniu Activity Book is a collection of fun activities for all ages. The aim is to entertain and educate.

Fostering is challenging work, but offers foster parents a meaningful and rewarding experience.

A mammogram machine takes X-ray images of different angles of your breast to screen for breast cancer.

Sage is one of our sacred medicines growing in Eeyou Istchee and other regions