by IRENE VIZCAÍNO The conflict between the CCSS and medical residents is worsening after yesterday when other medical professionals decided to join the movement and make their own demands. At the end of an extraordinary meeting, representatives of the National Medical Union (NCU) and the National Union of Medical Specialists (Sinama) developed a list of [...]
By TCRN Staff This is the first part of a five part series of articles about weight loss attitude and how to start changing your life for good. The first and most important thing you should know is that You Already Have All You Need to Change. Now… just think for a moment… When is [...]
by JAIRO VILLEGAS S. The aquifers, fish and people of Costa Rica are exposed to contamination by heavy metals released by technological garbage. If these computers, cell phones, batteries, photocopiers, televisions and appliances are not recycled or treated properly, they can release substances such as chromium, lead, mercury, nickel and cobalt. David Benavides, coordinator of [...]
Featured Columnist – Health Ileana Alfaro Certified Dermatologist With thousands of new cases diagnosed annually and increasing numbers daily, skin cancer is the most common cancer in the world, even above breast and prostate cancer. Melanoma is not the only risk of UV light overexposure. Also linked to UV exposure are basal and squamous cell [...]
By TCRN Staff On April 26th, 2010, 450 health service providers from 15 Latin American countries gathered at the Ramada Herradura Hotel Convention Center to participate in the first Latin American Global Medicine and Wellness Congress held in San José, Costa Rica. The event, which was declared of public interest by the Costa Rican government, [...]
by PATRICIA LEITON The price of staple foods rose again after the historic collapse that occurred last January. In April 2010 the cost of the basic basket, which is a set of 45 basic foodstuffs, amounted to ¢32,081.99, an increase of 3% compared to April 2009, according to monthly data published by the National Statistical [...]
by IRENE RODRIGUEZ S. The lack of sex education, unemployment, limited access to higher education and the difficulties in achieving home ownership are the main problems facing the Costa Rican youth. This is according to a study from the National University and the Council of Young Persons that was released this morning. “We interviewed 800 [...]
by IRENE RODRIGUEZ S. Adelia Reyes walks for two hours three times a week with a bag full of clothes to wash for her and her six children. This indigenous Cabecar community near Gavilán Canta, Talamanca, Limón, must also cope with constant illness including diarrhea, vomiting, fever and parasites. “It is a lot of work [...]
Featured Columnist – Health Ileana Alfaro Certified Dermatologist Overweight is defined as a body-mass index (BMI, the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) at the 85th to less than the 95th percentile for age. Obesity is defined as a BMI at or above the 95th percentile. Childhood overweight and [...]
by ROGER AMORETTY More than 500 residents of the remote community of Piedra Mesa de Talamanca received free medical care this week by professionals of the U.S. Southern Command and Costa Rican specialists. Doctors, pharmacists, dentists and ophthalmologists were on location as part of the humanitarian mission. The experts were accompanied by a support team [...]
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