Health

As a Dental Tourism advocate, I have long viewed Mexico as a great potential marketplace for U.S. travelers.  It is nearby and has many alluring characteristics: a rich culture with delicious food, mountains, beaches, ancient ruins, etc.  But over...

Looking into the mirror and checking you, the makeup and figure, the muscles and body shape etc has become a ritual. As we try to keep ourselves fit and healthy the eagerness to see the changes in the mirror...

Obesity is an increasing problem in certain places, according to report on the Body Mass Index of the Costa Rican population from 1975 to 2014 carried out and published by the Hispanoamerican University.According to this study, the percentage of...

Scientists managed to modify genes that cause heart diseases.According to Nature Magazine, a group of scientists was able to eliminate a hereditary heart disease in human embryos successfully through a revolutionary genetic editing technique.This finding increases the chances of...

Healthcare system has been improved to secure the correct use of organs and tissues for transplantation.According to a report by the Ministry of Health, 1.8 transplants were made per donor in 2015, while in 2016 those numbers raised up...

People from Liberia city had the opportunity to attend an informative campaign related to the use of medications last July 7th. The activity was carried out by the Costa Rican Department of Social Security in the Enrique Baltodano facilities,...

The Costa Rican Department of Social Security will provide a three-month hormone and psychological therapy to the entire “trans” population.Transsexual people were born men or women but they feel like their opposite sex. This is because their sexuality doesn’t...

Residents of Guanacaste, Liberia learned more in-depth about organ donation in a public event that took place in the park of Liberia last June 22nd. The activity counted on professionals that made several presentations on the necessary process to...

From the very well respected Dr. Gabor Mate regarding the sacred plant medicine - Ayahuasca ..."The plant is not a drug in the Western sense of a compound that attacks pathogens, such as bacteria, or obliterates pathological tissue, such...

This article is a continuation of How to Choose an International Patient Coordinator (Part 1) which was published last week.  Part 1 focused on the need for a Patient Coordinator to have a strong Work Experience, Communication Capabilities, and...