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    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

    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

    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...

    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...

    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

    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...

    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...

    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...

    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...

    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,...
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