Health

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The six-month period established by the Interamerican Court of Human Rights (Inter-American Court) in a judgment against Costa Rica to allow IVF passed yesterday, but the bill on the subject has not advance...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The World Health Organization included Costa Rica in the list of countries with controlled risk of "mad cow disease", said the Ministry of Agriculture.This recognition is achieved when a country meets OIE requirements...

“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” Thomas Alva EdisonA century later...

The Ministry of Health is analyzing current legislation to prevent the importation of electronic cigarettes into the country.Electronic cigarettes are an alternative for people who wish to continue smoking but not inhaling noxious substances of snuffs.The ministry has not...

Costa Rica and Canada signed an agreement to promote the marketing of organic products. Both countries recognized the regulations governing the accreditation and certification of organic agricultural products in both countries.Based on this recognition, Canada accepted that fruits and...

Nearly 30% of Costa Ricans will be obese by 2015, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). There is a great deal of misinformation around the causes of obesity and how to combat it as more and...

The infant mortality rate in Costa Rica in 2012 was 8.51 per thousand births, which is the lowest figure in its history, said the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC).The 8.51 recorded last year is less than 8.84...

The decree promised in 2012 regarding the ban on toxic fuels by the Ministry of Environment, Energy (MINAE) and the Ministry of Health “it does not matter” according to René Castro, Minister of Environment, because the Costa Rican Oil...

Costa Rica News - Costa Rica's government announced that the compensation paid for $415,000 ordered by a ruling of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (CorteIDH) for couples affected by the ban on in vitro fertilization in the country."Respectful...

Costa Rica News - The Ministry of Health announced that they will meet with a group of experts to consider the bill to regulate IVF before presenting the bill.The review with the participation of lawyers, the Ombudsman, the 18...