China to Make Cuban Dengue Mosquito Killer

China will mass-produce a Cuban pesticide effective against dengue-carrying mosquitos, Cuba's foreign ministry said Sunday . Cuban scientists developed and patented Bactivec, a biolarvicide which kills larvae of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the dengue vector, the ministry statement said. ...

Spanish Doctor to Examine Cuban Leader Castro

A renowned Spanish physician is to examine ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Barcelona's daily El Periodico de Catalunya reported on Sunday.// Jose Luis Garcia Sabrido has already flown to Cuba at the request of the country's government. The doctor from Madrid's Gregorio-Maranon Hospital is co...

Researchers Disprove that Cuban Sugarcane lowers Cholesterol

A research institute in Cuba had earlier proved that Policosanols present in Cuban sugar cane had dramatic cholesterol-lowering effects. A new study done by// Canadian researchers contradicts this view. Two Canadian researchers Dr. Peter J. H. Jones and Dr. Amira N. Kassis studying Nutritio...

The American Dream Comes True for 105-year-old Cuban

Jose "El Nino" Temprana, a 105-year-old exile who was detained for 30 years in his native Cuba, realized his American dream Friday, when he became a US citizen at a ceremony in Miami. Now, he says, his next goal is to find himself a wife. And the former fisherman is convinced he wi...

Living in U.S. May Raise Hispanics' Cancer Risk

...ates than whites and blacks in Florida, but the researchers found that Cubans and Puerto Ricans quickly acquired higher risk for diet-related cancers. cuban men had more tobacco-related cancers than seen in their homeland, Puerto Rican men had higher rates of liver cancer, and Mexican women had higher rate...

Photos: Tommy & Thalia Mottola Honored at 7th Annual FedEx/St. Jude Angels & Stars Gala

...d silent auction, but attendees were treated to live performances by some of the hottest Latin music stars including Mexican singer Cristian Castro , cuban singer Willy Chirino , Colombian songstress Fanny Lu and pianist and composer Arthur Hanlon . The live auction included exclusive items such as an...

HDNet World Report Investigates an Alarming String of Murders Committed by Iraq War Veterans

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HDNet's 'Dan Rather Reports' Investigates the Possibility of a Better Health Care System North of the Border

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Study Shows Hispanics Prefer Beer

...f all Hispanics, regardless if they were of Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, cuban American or South/Central American heritage. Of male Hispanic beer drinkers...nce we found was that wine was closely associated with binge drinking among cuban American and South/Central American women, more so than beer," Caetano said...

American Red Cross Sends Relief To Cuba

...nal Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies' regional disaster unit in Panama. More supplies will be transported as needed. Currently the cuban Red Cross is working in shelters, distributing food and delivering first aid. The American Red Cross contribution will support the International Feder...

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Cuban in Medical Dictionary

Melena

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Daily life

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Cuban in Biological News

Moving to the US increases cancer risk for Hispanics

....S. non-Hispanic white population, Cubans and Puerto Ricans seemed to acquire higher risk for diet-related cancers relatively quickly. Furthermore, cuban males had higher incidence of tobacco-related cancers; Puerto Rican men had high incidence of liver cancer; and Mexican women had a higher incidence o...

Survey of Hispanics and alcohol dependence

...hol consumption. In the first survey, the Mexican-American and Puerto Rican populations had higher rates of alcohol dependence than South Central and cuban Americans. For instance, Mexican and Puerto Ricans men had a 15 percent rate of alcohol dependence, whereas Cubans and South Central Americans showed...

Fossils excavated from Bahamian blue hole may give clues of early life

...e numerous fossils of burrowing owls or meadow larks, which prefer open habitats, he said. Among the excavations findings are that the land-roaming cuban crocodile lived in the Bahamas until humans arrived, Steadman said. People tend to think of crocodiles as aquatic and certainly most of them are, but ...

Cuban in Biological Technology

YM BioSciences USA cleared by US FDA to initiate Phase II clinical trial of nimotuzumab in children with inoperable, recurrent brain cancer

...umab as monotherapy. This is the first occasion, to the knowledge of the Company, in which a clinical trial has been cleared by the FDA for a drug of cuban origin. Clearance for importation of nimotuzumab into the US for this trial was authorized by a Special License issued to YM-USA by the US Treasury De...

Indian pharma delegation arrives in Chicago as part of multi-city tour

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Cuban in Biological Dictionary

Hybridization

...rent varieties or ... In chemistry, orbital hybridisation is the mixing of atomic orbitals to form new ... Hybridization between the endemic cuban Crocodile (Crocodilus rhombifer) and the ... JM and Simberloff, D. (1996) Extinction by Hybridization and Introgression. ... in situ hybridiza...