La Oficina de Asuntos de la Juventud, Oficina del Gobernador, otorga anualmente la premiación de la Medalla de la Juventud Puertorriqueña para reconocer aquellos actos de Valor, Servicio a la Comunidad y Ayuda a los Necesitados que realizan nuestros jóvenes entre las edades de 13 a 29 años.
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The metabolic syndrome are a combination of symptoms that can increase your risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and type II diabetes.
Some of the things you can do to avoid this syndrome are:
- Keep your blood level between 70-100 milligrams per deciliter.
- Keep you blood pressure around 120/80.
- Keep a Body Mass Index (BMI) between 18.5 and 24.9, according to your height.
- Keep your cholesterol below 200
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Puerto Rico is in the same tectonic plate as Haiti and is at risk to suffer a big earthquake so we have to be prepared.
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José Pérez Riera, secretary of Commerce and Economic Development will submit a proposal to designate the former Oso Blanco State Penitentiary to become the District of Sciences.
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Puerto Rico and Haiti share the same geology that caused the devastating earthquake in Port-au- Prince, thus it is necessary that Puerto Rico is prepared in the case of an earthquake.
For more information about earthquakes in Puerto Rico and how to be prepared you can visit the Puerto Rico Seismic Network website and this study by the U.S. Geological Survey.