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Drug advertisements. Ugh. By the time they finish listing the side effects, you wonder why they even bother publicizing them? Have you noticed that almost every advertisement on the U.S. news show '60 Minutes' is for some pharmaceutical drug, or more recently, for a...
Michael Osterholm, the infectious disease expert who has been warning for a decade and a half that the world will face a pandemic, says the U.S. and most of the rest of world is ill-prepared to combat the coronavirus due to a shortage of equipment and supplies....
After reading Brenda Langdon’s excellent article about the Covid-19 virus and sensible precautions everyone can take to stay healthy I’d like to repost my column about food safety. One of the best reasons for living in Cuenca is the variety of vegetables and fruits,...
Credit: NIAAA: Understanding the impact of alcohol on human health and well-being For many people, a night of drinking can lead to a painful morning after and the dreaded effects of a hangover. What does science tell us about this phenomenon? What causes the typical...
By Brenda Langdon A friend asked me last week what measures one can take to lower exposure and prepare for coronavirus. It appears likely to me that we are in the early stages of a pandemic, and there are many variables at play. There is actually very little...
By Jaime Moreno The Australian bushfires began in June 2019. As of January 14, 2020, fires burned 186,000 square kilometers, as a reference 65 percent of Ecuador’s area. An estimated one billion animals have been killed. Air quality has dropped to hazardous levels....
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) to leads all other causes of American deaths daily, at least 2,200 each day. For reasons not yet understood, women fare much worse than men do after suffering a heart...
By Bryan Nelson It's a question we often ponder, especially as we age: How many years do I have left? Well, there are three simple tests you can do at home or work in just a few minutes that could predict how many years you have left to live. How many pushups can you...
Are you often confused by food labels? Do you look for foods labeled as whole-grain, all-natural or healthy? Do you read the front of the label when you're making a decision to buy or not? Reading labels Food manufacturers are very tricky when it comes to...
By Mark Mahoney I recently had the opportunity to travel with a group of musicians (who played at a number of venues in Havana) and other interested folks with a focus on attending the yearly International Jazz Festival in Cuba. This was a unique opportunity to...
By Jaime Moreno Zoonoses cross the species barrier. Let's remember Neil Armstrong when he had the first moonwalk in 1969 and pronounced his famous phrase, “That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” He took another “second small step” when he went to...
By Nancy Clark I’ve started eating clean; quinoa and brown rice. No more white rice. I haven’t had cookies for ages. I’m eating clean—no added sugar. When I visit my parents, I bring my own food. It’s healthier…. The clean eating movement has raised a lot of questions...
Like many of you, I’ve been advised to take calcium supplements. As I aged into my 50s I received a number of vague recommendations from doctors to “take calcium” after a bone density exam showed bone loss. People who have osteopenia (low bone mineral density) have a...
By Nicoletta Lanese Coronaviruses make up a large family of viruses that can infect birds and mammals, including humans, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). These viruses have been responsible for several outbreaks around the world, including the severe...
According to Fortune Business Insights, chia seeds are gaining immense recognition in the world market, due to its healthful properties, increasing demand for natural food ingredients, rising demand for health and dietary supplements. But when I was growing up, chia...
By Jaime Moreno Is it possible that you have low iron levels in your body? Iron deficiency anemia is one of the most frequent causes of longstanding malaise in human beings. Worldwide, it is estimated that 1.24 billion individuals have iron deficiency anemia and over...
If you want to avoid obesity, should you have your DNA tested to learn what is the best diet for you? The answer is... no. Well, you can, if you want to. As advertised in a popular 'gringo' online forum, you can spend hundreds of dollars and send a sample out to Spain...
By Billy Cox An alert dog named Duffy gives Bradenton family peace of mind for Thanksgiving. For the first time in eight years, and just in time for the holidays, Sophia Helme is no longer on a short leash with Type 1 diabetes. Thanks to a remarkable dog named Duffy,...
Psychologists say that stress is defined as anything that alters our homeostasis, be it good or bad — and that bad stress can even turn into good stress, and vice versa. As reported in Harvard Health, “The combination of reactions to stress is also known as the...
Exercise provides important and varied benefits for individuals with cardiometabolic disorders regardless of experience level, and certain exercise types may yield better outcomes for those with certain conditions, according to a speaker at the World Congress on...
