Health
The Process of Sleep: Not As Passive As We Thought
While we sleep, most people assume that the brain is in a state of rest, relaxation, tranquility, however, this is not the case, it is the time when many neurological phenomena happen
Health
Anorexia and Bulimia: The Eating Disorders that Threaten Costa Ricans
Anorexia and bulimia are eating disorders. The most serious eating disorder is anorexia nervosa, which is characterized by dangerously low body weight
Health
How Does Sedentarism Affect Your Health?
A sedentary lifestyle represents the reverse side of what it means to keep in constant physical activity; On the one hand, the first is the cause of suffering a large number of diseases, the other leads us to maintain...
Health
Improve Your Quality of Life Through Physical Activity
Physical activity is an aspect of great importance for our body, so much that together with good nutrition they become the best positive factors for our health since there is a direct relationship between the level of physical activity...
Environment
Costa Rica Prohibits Use of Glyphosate in Its Protected Wild Areas
The National System of Conservation Areas (Sinac) issued a guideline, which prohibits the use of glyphosate in the 11 Protected Wild Areas (ASP) of the country, as well as in the institution's offices
Health
Sniffer Dogs Against Vegetable Contraband at the Juan Santamaría Airport
A pair of canine units will track baggage in search of contaminated fruits and vegetables in order to reduce the risk of the introduction of pests into the country by travelers from Juan Santamaría International Airport.The phytosanitary service officials...
Health
Costa Rica's HIV Patients Receive High Quality Care
The first of December is "World AIDS Day", created to commemorate and raise awareness on the fight against infection of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and as a reminder to the governments of the nations in the world, to...
Health
Digitalizing the Costa Rican Health System Data Base to Save Lives
Since 1941, Costa Rica has a health system that has been developed under the directive of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS). Since the 1990s, it is structured by levels: first level, as a gateway to the health...
Health
The Great Importance of Fruits and Vegetables for Our Health
The consumption of fruits and vegetables is of great
importance for our health motivated to all the nutrients, vitamins, minerals,
fibers that they contain. Fruits in the body have a regulatory function. The
main component of fruits is water (80-90%), they contain...
Health
Depression: A Silent Disease that Affects Thousands of Costa Ricans
Depression is a concept of mental health, which is characterized by the presence of sadness, loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or lack of self-esteem, sleep or appetite disorders, feelings of tiredness and lack of concentration
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Beyond the Bombs: The Costa Rican Perspective on the Israel-Iran Conflict
A few days ago, we spoke with the Costa Rican Ambassador to the State of Israel, Antonio López Escarré,...