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If we are what we eat, what will we be with climate change?

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This opinion column was published in El Nuevo Día on July 12, 2024, you can access the column at this link. 

 

I grew up in the 1980s, wanting to eat chips, cheetos and other bags full of junk food while my mom tried to push a plate of rice and beans down my throat. Today, as a scientist, I study why we eat what we eat, and how it affects our health.

PS 950: To establish the "Law for the protection of women and the preservation of life " within the abortion procedures in Puerto Rico

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Legislative Body: 

Puerto Rico Senate

To establish the "Law for the protection of women and the preservation of life" within the abortion procedures in Puerto Rico. With the establishment of this law, it is proposed: 1) To carry out abortion procedures only in authorized hospital facilities.

María, el cambio climático y la salud (infográfico)

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María, el cambio climático y el bienestar humano

El paso de María e Irma por Puerto Rico ha dejado grabado imágenes de destrucción por parte de los huracanes e inundaciones asociadas al cambio climático en las mentes puertorriqueñas. La sucesión de estos ciclones intensos que han arrasado a través del Caribe en las semanas pasadas, han levantado el debate sobre su relación con el cambio climático, dado que mayores temperaturas se esperan alimenten huracanes más fuertes. El evento fue descrito como un "tornado de 50 a 60 millas de ancho atravezando Puerto Rico" por el meteorólogo Jeff Weber de NCAR. 

Vaccines: Effectives and Safe?

Submitted on 9 August 2017 - 12:43am

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Dialogo Digital

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No

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Nicole Yordán

Vaccination is recognized as one of the most successful and cost-efficient health interventions. However, due to studies that have long be retracted, the scientific community has been fighting the false notion that vaccines are toxic. 

For the full article, please refer to the Spanish version of this site. 

 

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Vaccines: Effectives and Safe?

Submitted on 9 August 2017 - 12:43am

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Dialogo Digital

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No

By: 

Nicole Yordán

Vaccination is recognized as one of the most successful and cost-efficient health interventions. However, due to studies that have long be retracted, the scientific community has been fighting the false notion that vaccines are toxic. 

For the full article, please refer to the Spanish version of this site. 

 

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New course for leadership development in health fields

Submitted on 24 May 2017 - 10:59am

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Diálogo Digital

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No

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Diálogo Digital

The School of Dental Health of the Medical Sciences Campus from the University of Puerto Rico in collaboration with the Academy of Academic Leadership, will offer the course: Recharging your leadership, in order to develop leadership skills in health professionals. 

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RCM defends health and education in Congress

Submitted on 3 May 2017 - 5:09pm

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Diálogo Digital

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No

By: 

Myrna Rodriguez

Students from the University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences Campus offered the Community Health class in front of Puerto Rico's Statehouse in order to present the results from a series of investigations.

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Chikungunya symptoms can be severe and incapacitating

Submitted on 18 July 2014 - 11:10am

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El Nuevo Día

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By: 

Marga Parés Arroyo / mpares@elnuevodia.com

Chikungunya has been declared an epidemic in Puerto Rico. Among the symptoms cause by this virus, transmitted by a mosquito bite, are muscle and joint pain, fever, and skin rash, among others.

 

The original version of this article is in Spanish. You can read it by clicking on ESPAÑOL at the top right of your screen.

 

 

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Red Comuniciencia – More and Better Science en Español

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To advocate and promote the creation of more and better Spanish-language science, health and technology content, Marga Gual Soler, Ivan Fernando Gonzalez, Luis Quevedo and yours truly —all members of CienciaPR—created Red Comuniciencia. Red Comuniciencia is a community of Spanish-language science, health and technology communicators based in North America. 

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

Submitted on 25 February 2014 - 12:35pm

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National Institutes of Health

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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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