After traumatic injury sustained in a car accident near Fairbanks, Jaime Johnson traveled to Anchorage with his mother Hilda for specialty care the Alaska Native Medical Center Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Clinic. Read Part 1 of the Johnsons story here. Dr. Amalia Steinberg, of the ANMC ENT Clinic, wanted the Johnsons to stay in Anchorage for a follow-up appointment because of the difficulty of the surgery to repair the broken bone above Jaime’s eye. They were not expecting an ...
Asthma is a chronic disease that causes irritation and swelling of the airways, impacting the lungs and breathing. Asthma can affect Alaska Native people of all ages and in all parts of the state. It is a condition that makes daily activities, such as hunting, fishing or cooking traditional foods, difficult. For some people, asthma is a minor annoyance, but for others, it can be a life-threatening condition. The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Healthy Homes Program helps people recognize ...
The new Alaska Native Medical Center Sleep Center recently opened in the new Alaska Pacific Medical Building. The Sleep Center provides consultations, sleep studies and evaluation of sleep disorders, patient education, mask fitting, and PAP desensitization. We are pleased to offer this new service for ANMC patients to help get on the path to better sleep. The Sleep Center offers health care services for adult patients and is accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The Sleep Center is ...
During the Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) annual convention, ANTHC Environmental Health and Engineering staff set up a display Portable Alternative Sanitation System (PASS) unit to demonstrate how the technology works for Tribal attendees. ANTHC worked with TCC’s Office of Environmental Health (OEH) and Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC) to set up the PASS display at the event March 12-13 in Fairbanks. Over the course of two days, Kaitlin Mattos, a graduate student researcher at the University of Colorado partnered ...
Toksook Bay, a community of roughly 600 people on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta’s Nelson Island, won the 2017 Alaska Rural Water Association award for the best-tasting water in the state. The award comes on the heels of ANTHC’s completion of a new water treatment plant in the community, which was funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development. Toksook Bay is an ANTHC Alaska Rural Utility Collaborative (ARUC) member community and the two have partnered throughout the years to provide ...
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; colorectal cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers among Alaska Native people. Download the informational graphic here. 5 ways you can reduce the risk of colorectal cancer Quit smoking and/or using other forms of tobacco, including chew and iq’mik.Exercise regularly. Physical activity can reduce your risk of colorectal cancer by as much as 50%.Eat well and keep a healthy weight. Discuss a diet and exercise that works for you with your provider.Limit ...
When prescribed by a provider and taken properly, medications can help us heal. But what do we do if there’s leftover medications from our prescriptions? Our people and communities in Alaska can now order medication deactivation supplies online to help reduce the chances for prescription drug misuse. To order the safe medication deactivation and disposal supplies, go to https://www.iknowmine.org/provider-materials/safe-medicine. There you’ll find two types of safe medication disposal. The medication mail back bag is a prepaid envelope where medications are ...
In the final grant year of Healthy Portraits, the Alaska Native Epidemiology Center, located within the ANTHC’s Community Health Services, visited two southeast Alaska communities to share health success stories of the traditional northern dugout canoe. Tlingit and Haida ancestors made a very reliable canoe for Alaska waters. The people of Hoonah and Haines are using indigenous watercraft as a way to boost mental health and build stronger communities. Under the guidance of Tlingit master carver Wayne Price of Haines, ...
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; colorectal cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers among Alaska Native people. This story can also be found in the current issue of the Mukluk Telegraph. We are tackling colorectal cancer (CRC) through research. Alaska Native people have the highest reported rates of CRC in the world. ANTHC is working to find out why. Below are descriptions of CRC studies at ANTHC and their findings and/or what they hope to learn. Measuring ...
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; colorectal cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers among Alaska Native people. To help shed some light on the colonoscopy cancer screening procedure, ANTHC is republishing a story from our archives that can also be found in the current issue of the Mukluk Telegraph. Health care professionals and survivors say embarrassment is no excuse for skipping the screening that could save your life Jake Martus has heard every excuse. As a patient ...