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Listless And Lonely In Puerto Rico, Some Older Storm Survivors Consider Suicide

HUMACAO, P.R. — A social worker, Lisel Vargas, recently visited Don Gregorio at his storm-damaged home in the steep hillsides of Humacao, a city on Puerto Rico’s eastern coast near where Category 4 Hurricane Maria first made landfall last September. Gregorio, a 62-year-old former carpenter who lives alone, looked haggard. He said he had stopped […]

Published on May 10, 2018

Idle talk or fierce competition? Research finds women use gossip as a weapon in rivalries

New research investigating how women use gossip to compete in the realm of romance offers insights that aim to reduce bullying and enhance women’s friendships. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in […]

Published on May 9, 2018

Dietary seaweed used to manipulate gut bacteria in mice

Scientists working with laboratory mice have shown that it’s possible to favor the engraftment of one gut bacterial strain over others by manipulating the mice’s diet. The researchers also have shown it’s possible to control how much a bacterium grows in the intestine by calibrating the amount of a specific carbohydrate in each mouse’s water […]

Published on May 9, 2018