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		<title>Attorney General urges giving free drugs to addicts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Harrell</dc:creator>
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The Attorney General, Francisco Dall&#8217;Anese is spearheading an initiative to provide, free of charge, substitutes to drug addicts. A plan that aims to &#8220;break&#8221; the finances of drug traffickers.
&#8220;It would reduce demand. The idea is to compete (with the drug) through the distribution of an alternative drug (created in the laboratory).&#8221; said Dall&#8217;Anese.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New stomach cancer clinic opens in Costa Rica</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Harrell</dc:creator>
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A Costa Rican clinic was recently declared as a Gastroclínica International Training Center in Gastroenterology by the World Organization of Gastroenterology.
This means that professionals in health sciences from other countries can come to Costa Rica to train in new techniques for early detection and treatment of gastric cancer and other digestive diseases.
This medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ultraviolet Light Exposure Increases Risk For Skin Cancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Harrell</dc:creator>
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Featured Columnist – Health
Ileana Alfaro
Certified Dermatologist



Because of the increasing frecuency of skin cancer in our country and the world, Derrmatologists are supporting awareness among the population about the risks of sun exposure and tanning beds.
Between 1997 and 2008 skin cancer affected 5,507 costaricans, according to CCSS´s data. Cases increased in a 100%, and by 2009 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Common flu vaccine will protect against AH1N1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Harrell</dc:creator>
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The next seasonal influenza vaccine (the flu) will contain the virus AH1N1.
The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday asked pharmaceutical companies to use their stocks of the strain AH1N1 for inclusion in the mix of seasonal vaccine.
This new vaccine would be ready in four or five months before the vaccination season begins in North [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eating Chocolate can Protect the Skin from UV Light</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Harrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Ileana Alfaro Urbina &#8211; Health Writer &#8211; TCRN

Chronic UV exposure is the main course for premature skin aging and cutaneous carcinogenesis. UV exposure generates free radicals in the skin and depletes the skin’s endogenous antioxidant system, resulting in sunburn, aging and cancer.
Topical and systemic administration of antioxidants such as vitamin  E and C [...]]]></description>
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