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, [...]
OK. It’s not often that politics and travel cross lines – unless you count immigration – but this little viral movement caught my interest. A couple of New York guys are trying to help Rush Limbaugh make good on his vow to leave America if the health care legislation passed. You see where I’m going [...]
by TCRN Staff A Costa Rican clinic was recently declared as a GastroclĂnica 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
