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In search of overweigth individuals for study

Submitted on 10 September 2007 - 8:29pm

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The Nutrition Program of the Graduate School of Public Health of the Medical Sciences Campuso f the University of Puerto Rico is recruiting overweight individuals to participate in a clinical study. The investigation pretends to determine if a high-calcium diet can reduce weight and cholesterol blood levels . Those interested should communicate with Madeline Maldonado at 787-759-0306, extension 232 o or via email: mmaldonado@ rcm.upr.edu.

10,000 gallon spill

Submitted on 10 September 2007 - 8:22pm

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The technicians trying to contain and clean the coastal areas in southeastern Puerto Rico affected by a petroleum spill estimated that 10,000 gallons of fuel were spilled in the water.

You sleep with them every night

Submitted on 10 September 2007 - 8:17pm

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With a wipe, a duster or the vacuum cleaner, we spend hours trying to eliminate dust from our homes. What most people don’t know is that part of the dust at home is made of pieces of our own skin. As the body creates new skin cells, we get rid of the old, dead cells, which become food for microscopic animals called dust mites. This article is part of our collaboration with El Nuevo Dia.

Puerto Rican research may shed light on hemorrhagic dengue mechanisms

Submitted on 4 September 2007 - 9:30pm

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Dr. Carlos A. Sariol Curbelo, specialist in clinical virology and professor of the Department of Microbiology of the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico, has been investigating, since 2005, the behavior of rhesus monkeys against dengue. These monkeys are capable of avoiding the development of grave forms of dengue –hemorrhagic dengue and shock syndrome. If these mechanisms are known, it may be possible to control this forms in humans.

Spiny past

Submitted on 4 September 2007 - 9:28pm

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Seven thousand years ago, Puerto Rican forests were populated by various kinds of endemic spiny rats. These extinct rodents, characterized by their rough coat, similar but not as hard as the porcupine’s, weighed up to five pounds (like an adult cat). “Currently there are three species of fossil rats described in Puerto Rico and it is being tried to determine if they are really three different species or variations of a same species”, said paleontologist Jorge Velez-Juarbe. These three specimens are the hutia-like spiny rat (Heteropsomys insulans), the Antillean cave rat (Heteropsomys antillensis), and the Corozal rat (Puertoricomys corozalus).

Environmentalists reproach senator's behavior

Submitted on 4 September 2007 - 9:25pm

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Environmentalists and diverse professionals, grouped by the organization Initiative for a Sustainable Development question the objectivity of the president of the Natural and Environmental Resources Commission, Carlos Diaz, to attend the project of the Northeastern Ecological Corridor. This group was planning to speak in the public hearing presided by Diaz, about the importance of the Corridor. Some of their points include: 1. It’s interrelated with the Holy Spirit Natural Reserve, el Yunque and the Cabezas de San Juan. 2. 142 turtle nests are reported annually in the area. 3. There are 40 endangered species in the area: 24 birds, 4 reptiles and 14 plants. 4. 113 endangered species have been seen there. 5. A large portion of the coast is included in the Coastal Barrier federal law, because it is prone to natural disasters.

Analogy between species and language evolution

Submitted on 4 September 2007 - 9:23pm

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In spite of all the scientific evidence available, many people still do not consider biological evolution as a fact in the planet’s history. Part of this is due to the difficulty in understanding the time and space scales related to evolution, which are extremely wide. One analogy that might help us understand how things change throughout thousands of years is language evolution. This article is part of our collaboration with El Nuevo Dia.

Pilgrim of the four cardinal points

Submitted on 4 September 2007 - 9:21pm

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Before he turned 16 years-old, Larry Cunningham had lived four years in China, four years in Philippines, four years in India and four years in the United States. His experiences as a globe-trotter were not always easy, but as he kept “walking” he ended up in Puerto Rico. He’s lived in the Island since 1960’s, were he established himself as a pneumologist, profession he still practices and teaches at the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico.

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Protecting Las Bocas

Submitted on 4 September 2007 - 9:17pm

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In depths of 300 to 600 meters above sea level flow rivers of sustainable ideas that emerge with the goal of designating the Las Bocas Canyon, between Barranquitas and Comerio, a natural reserve. Recently, the Committee Pro-Natural Reserve Las Bocas Canyon and the School of Architecture of the University of Puerto Rico, started a joint project to create an eco-friendly house in the zone comprised by the Canyon.

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