Costa Rica’s Pandemic Pitfalls

Rui Costa

Rui Costa Champalimaud Research, Champalimaud Center for the Unknown Rui Costa studies the neurobiology of action in health and disease. His laboratory uses genetic, electrophysiological, optical, and behavioral approaches to investigate the mechanisms underlying the generation and learning of novel actions. He also studies disorders that lead to problems with action selection, compulsive behav...

Studies on the precipitation behavior of calcium phosphate solutions

S. Recillas, V. Rodríguez-Lugo, M. L. Montero, S.Viquez-Cano, L. Hernandez and V.M. Castaño* Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, UNAM, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro 76230, México. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco Calzada del Hueso 1100, México D.F. 04960, Mexico Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Apartado postal J-48, Puebla, Puebl...

Pandemic

D the past 2 years, back-to-back epidemics of Ebola and Zika have stunned even seasoned public health officials with unprecedented levels of illness and death that have been associated with these events. Both viruses, previously thought to cause only limited outbreaks, surprised the people of the world with a seemingly sudden ability to spread across multiple countries and cause illness in new,...

The commercial marketing of healthy lifestyles to address the global child and adolescent obesity pandemic: prospects, pitfalls and priorities.

Public- and private-sector initiatives to promote healthy eating and physical activity, called 'healthy lifestyles', are a relatively recent response to the global obesity pandemic. The present paper explores different views about marketing healthy lifestyles with a special emphasis on private-sector initiatives and public-private partnerships designed to reach young people. We discuss aspects ...

Costa Rican Natural History