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The Italian paradox: How can you eat pasta without gaining weight?

The Italian paradox: How can you eat pasta without gaining weight?

Quick! Don’t think about it, just answer. If you're buying dried pasta, what is the very first line you should read on the Nutrition Facts label? If you said calories, you’re wrong. Fat grams? Nope. Carbohydrates? Wrong again. The most important piece of information...

Confronting our fears in the time of pandemic

Confronting our fears in the time of pandemic

By Karla Freeman Chicken little: Is the sky falling? Chicken Little stood outside her house and said, “The sky is falling. Oh, my God, the sky is falling.“ Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, gloves, and masks fell on her from the sky. She looked up saw dark clouds above...

Taelor Leavins: A life remembered

Taelor Leavins: A life remembered

Taelor Leavins, a popular waitress at Cuenca's Sunrise Café for three years, passed away suddenly after a brief illness on March 4, 2020. She arrived in Cuenca with her family from Texas at the age of 15 and finished her high school education here. Her daughter...

Live blood analysis — by any other name, it’s still bogus

Live blood analysis — by any other name, it’s still bogus

What if someone told you that with just a few drops of blood from a finger prick they could detect a range of illnesses, from diabetes to cancer? Would you be inclined to opt for this diagnostic tool rather than having to submit to having a phlebotomist extract blood...

Don’t rely on supplements to treat or prevent the Covid-19 virus

Don’t rely on supplements to treat or prevent the Covid-19 virus

By Kristen Fischer Experts continue to encourage people to eat well and exercise during the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, reports claiming that supplements can prevent or treat Covid-19 have emerged. Health experts warn that relying on supplements — and taking too...

Solo

Solo

He was headed past the cloisters of the Governor’s Building next to Parque Calderon when I encountered the tiny boy.  Or, was he “headed” at all, I began to wonder, as those red shoe soles tapped hurriedly up and down on the dirty, rust-colored tiles.  There certainly...

Can this head lice drug treat Covid-19?

Can this head lice drug treat Covid-19?

Researchers testing the head lice drug Ivermectin as a possible treatment for COVID-19 have seen promising results in lab studies. But the research is in its early stages and the drug is yet to be tested on people with COVID-19. There’s so much we don’t know,...

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The Cuenca Dispatch

Week of April 05

Legal storm builds over Ecuador’s moved-up local elections.

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Ecuador issues nationwide mpox alert after first Clade Ib case.

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Big power users switch to self-generation as Ecuador protects household electricity supply.

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