Health

A sit-in was held in Quito in response to the shortage of drugs to treat catastrophic illnesses. By Viviana Erazo With slogans and banners, members of the Social Security Institute, IESS, staged a sit-in to denounce the lack of medicines…

This is the fifth instalment of this series in which we are disseminating the most important healing qualities of each plant from the point of view of phytotherapy. We have chosen them for their proximity, affinity and for being suitable…

The first thing that comes to mind is to comment on the birth of my relationship with this medicinal plant, it goes back to my childhood, coincidentally where the root of my vocation is affirmed. My grandparents, my childhood home,…

Factory farms are the Grim Reapers of civilization, inhumanely penning up and slaughtering cows, pigs, and chickens by the tens of millions, as well as unintentionally, but effectively, poisoning, maiming and/or killing birds, insects, amphibians, mammals, and crucial life-supporting ecosystems…

Anthropocene is the name given to the current geological period, as in the past we spoke of Pleistocene or Holocene. This new era or period is determined by the changes produced by human activity, biological or geological changes on a…

The Interethnic Association of the Peruvian Jungle (AIDESEP) announced the elaboration of the Great Agenda of the Indigenous Amazon that will be presented to the government to generate public policies in favour of the indigenous peoples. Among the main axes…

This is one of the many existing “mints” and its lemony aroma is characteristic. It is one of the herbs that produces the greatest well-being as it aligns the digestive system and lifts the spirits. It has one important contraindication:…

Learn to relax your body, emotions and mind. Learn how to let inner peace gain ground in your daily life. Discover harmony in the environment around you. By Laura Hernández and Carlos Sánchez The Covid19 pandemic has pushed public health…

An environmental health and justice organization has called for people’s support to the government-led efforts to eliminate a highly toxic class of obsolete industrial chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) that were widely used in old electrical equipment such as transformers…

A growing body of research suggests a connection between the pesticide paraquat and Parkinson’s disease. By Miguel Leyva Agricultural workers in the United States currently use more than 400 different pesticides on their crops to ensure “higher yields and improved…