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Students from School Carmen Feliciano participated in the Leatherback Turtle Festival

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Students from School Carmen Feliciano in Rio Grande participated in this year Leatherback Turtle Festival. 

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Puerto Rican professor investigates our relationship with food in the Caribbean

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Puerto Rican professor, Melissa Fuster of the Department of Nutrition at New York University, is leading research about how people that live in the Caribbean and who originate from Caribbean countries and live in New York talk about and relate to food.

 

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Larissa Avilés Santa: from the clinic to public health

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Dr. Larissa Avilés Santa during a medical trip to Guatemala. Photo courtesy of Dr. Larissa Avilés Santa.

From a young age, Dr. Larissa Avilés Santa knew she wanted to study the human body. “When I was in fourth or fifth grade I remember opening an Anatomy atlas and how fascinated I was by each illustration. The part of the book that caught my attention was the one about the male and female reproductive systems, and the explanation about the menstrual cycle and pregnancy,” she says. It was back then that her interest in endocrinology was born.

NIH releases comprehensive new data outlining Hispanic/Latino health and habits

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For Immediate Release: Monday, February 24, 2014

 

A comprehensive health and lifestyle analysis of people from a range of Hispanic/ Latino origins shows that this segment of the U.S. population is diverse, not only in ancestry, culture, and economic status, but also in the prevalence of several diseases, risk factors, and lifestyle habits.

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Students will present documentaries about social solutions to community problems

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Students from the Sacred Heart University, will present documentaries about social problems and solutions on February 12th at 7:00 pm at the Emilio Belaval Theater.

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UN recognizes young Puerto Rican author and health focused organization

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The organization Taller Salud and L’Orangelis Thomas Negrón were recognized by the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS.

 

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Cosuam celebrates 6th anniversary by awarding several schools

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The program for sustainable schools (PES) manage by Cosuam, awarded several schools for their public health and sustainability efforts.

Below is the list of awards:

Coordinador(a) PES Global 2012-2013

• 1st Place

Ada Miranda Alvarado, maestra de Inglés, 

Escuela Intermedia Arturo Grant Pardo, Lajas 

 • 2nd Place

María Correa, maestra de matemáticas

Escuela Intermedia Francisco Felicié, Vega Alta 

 • 3rd place

Luz Burgos, maestra de ciencias

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