Health

The Unique Digital Health File (EDUS), implemented by the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), has the function of integrating the different levels of medical care in the country, through an online system that allows consulting the history of...

A patient suffering from cystic fibrosis developed cancer shortly after receiving a lung transplant from a smoker in France, according to a study published in the journal Lung Cancer, which warns about the risk of using such organs.The deceased...

María Laura Chacón is a young Costa Rican woman who started her most rewarding experience 5 years ago by joining the medical-humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders and traveling to African countries to offer her help. She studied general medicine...

As the century progresses, there will be less beer and it will be more expensive to get. Climate change is causing a greater frequency and intensity in droughts and heat waves, which will affect cereal production. A recent study...

For some time up to now, Costa Rica has debated a bill for the cultivation of marijuana which, until now has not had any agreement. In various countries of the world (Uruguay, Netherlands, Portugal, the United States -specifically the...

A trio of scientists from the Clodomiro Picado Institute of the University of Costa Rica (ICP-UCR) collaborated in the creation of the first antidote capable of neutralizing the venom of the Black Mamba serpent made with human antibodies.The antivenom...

Few people know that food is related to emotions and when pictures of stress are presented during the day, food becomes a method to control them."Unfortunately, when everyday careers are presented, the most common products to buy are packed,...

As part of its commitment to university development, the Laboratory of Clinical Analysis of the School of Microbiology at the University of Costa Rica opens its doors every year to students, academics, and medical professionals to perform blood tests....

We offer you a plan to enjoy the most luxurious beauty treatments and forget stress a little bit. Go ahead and just relax, easily and comfortably, in your own home.To soften your skin these are the steps to follow:Mix...

In our country, a great variety of alternative health therapies are practiced. We have adopted a therapy called “Shiatsu”, which consists of pressing with fingers and hands in certain points and regions of the body. These serve to work...