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Is it near the end? How to speak with your doctor about hospice

Is it near the end? How to speak with your doctor about hospice

By B.J. Miller As a hospice and palliative medicine physician, my job is to help reduce suffering. At the end of life, that job becomes especially intense when time is short, when machines and data seem to be taking over, and so many intense emotions surround a body...

It’s the time of year to bundle up

It’s the time of year to bundle up

Dear Readers, It’s been noticeably cool of late, cold enough for the Canadians and Yankees who live here to agree on something, a rarity unto itself. The mornings are often crystal clear. Bracing even. Beautifully woven alpaca shawls of every hue are luxuriously...

City zoo seeks new home for donated lions

City zoo seeks new home for donated lions

Cuenca’s Amaru Zoo is looking for a good home for 17 African lions. The lions, many of whom are in poor health from lack of food and poor living conditions, were part of a private collection of more than 200 wild animals near Cuenca that was recently disbanded. Amaru...

Ecuador is becoming a final destination for more Venezuelan refugees

Ecuador is becoming a final destination for more Venezuelan refugees

Once a transit point for Venezuelan refugees headed to Peru, Chile, Brazil and Argentina, new statistics show that Ecuador is increasingly becoming a final destination. In January, only six percent of Venezuelans who entered Ecuador at its northern border with...

Prebiotics, probiotics… antibiotics?

Prebiotics, probiotics… antibiotics?

If you’ve had an infection that required you to take antibiotics, you may have suffered diarrhea, a common side effect. After all, antibiotics eliminate the bad bacteria, but also ‘good’ bacteria, which scientists say cause an imbalance that may lead to gastric...

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Week of April 19

Ecuador seeks answers as migrants are rerouted from the United States to Congo.

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Prosperity report exposes Ecuador’s uneven foundations.

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IESS pension debate sharpens as Ecuador’s retirement system strains under growing deficits.

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