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 [...]

by TCRN Staff
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 [...]

by Ileana Alfaro Urbina – Health Writer – 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 [...]

by TCRN Staff
For the new Hospital San Vicente de Paul, de Heredia, operating at full capacity will require 528 new jobs.
This number was determined by the Projections Directorate of Health Services of the Social Security Fund (CCSS), after a study on the number of workers needed to operate the new medical center, whose opening is [...]

by TCRN Staff

Seven out of ten women with breast cancer in Costa Rica succeed in realizing the goal of surviving five years after diagnosis of a tumor, a figure which places Costa Rica in a privileged position within the developing countries.
Research published this week in the journal Lancet Oncology states that the success is due [...]