What about ‘Immunity Passports’ for Covid-19? At this point, they’re a ‘no go’
By Jaime Moreno Do you know what is the difference between politics and science? Our understanding is that science requires evidence, coping with uncertainty, ...
Susan Burke March
Food, Nutrition, and Your Health columnist Susan Burke March moved to Cuenca after 35 years as a Registered and Licensed Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator in the United States. She currently serves as the Country Representative from Ecuador for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Susan helps people attain better weight and health, and reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and other conditions that can be improved with smart lifestyle modifications. Contact her at SusantheDietitian@gmail.com.
Our Covid-19 experience: How an expat couple discovers they have the virus and overcome it
Editor’s note: This is the story of Jane and Steve Miner’s experience with Covid-19 in May/June 2020. Some of you will have already followed their journey as documented on F...
Why alcohol doesn’t ‘turn to sugar’ and other myths about drinking
Author’s note: All good things must come to an end, at least for now! I’ve enjoyed writing the Food, Nutrition, and Your Health column for Cuenc...
FDA’s supplement warning system has deadly limitations
By Ryan Felton In August 2011 a Colorado woman was rushed to an emergency room in cardiac arrest a day after her husband injected her with a mineral sa...
Combination of healthy lifestyle traits may substantially reduce Alzheimer’s
Combining more healthy lifestyle behaviors was associated with substantially lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease in a study that...
Flushing may release coronavirus-containing ‘toilet plumes’
By Karin Brulliard and William Wan Add this to our list of worries in these anxious times: coronavirus-containing clouds that waft into the air...
Taste first! Take this quiz to see how much you know about salt
The World Health Organization, (WHO) based on peer-reviewed research and in concert with health experts throughout the world, writes that an e...
A tale of two pandemics: Covid-19 and obesity
By Marc Sollinger There are a lot of possible explanations for why Japan has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic better than the United States. It’s possible tha...
U.S. FDA revokes hydroxychloroquine emergency approval as a Covid-19 treatment
By Lev Facher The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday said i...
Should we be breathing a sigh of relief about Covid-19? Biology says no
By Erin S. Bromage, Ph.D. It seems many people are breathing some relief, and I’m not sure why. An epidemic curve has a relatively predictable upslope and once the peak is ...
After Ecuador’s highest appellate court confirms guilt and sentences of defendants in Bribery 2012-2016 case, Correa can never run for public office again
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