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Weight Loss Attitude Part 4: Start on the Right Foot
Many decisions are successful only if they are made on the back of other decisions. In this case, you will not lose weight unless you decide to eat healthier foods.You will succeed in quitting junk and start eating better...
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Weight Loss Attitude Part 3: Figure Out Why
In Part 2 of this series we talked about being honest with yourself. It is common for people to fool themselves with a kind of false honesty, and it is important to address this if they want to feel...
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Doctors decided to end the 13-day strike
by ALONSO MATA BAfter 13 days of striking and intense negotiations with the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), the assembly of residents agreed to end the strike and return to work immediately.A total of 425 residents voted, 288...
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Weight Loss Attitude Part 2: Be Honest With Yourself
By TCRN StaffIn Part 1 of this series we talked about the power you possess within yourself to decide to change any aspect of your life, and specifically your weight.We hope we have inspired you to take the time...
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Tension intensifies between CCSS and medical staff
by IRENE VIZCAÍNOThe conflict between the CCSS and medical residents is worsening after yesterday when other medical professionals decided to join the movement and make their own demands.At the end of an extraordinary meeting, representatives of the National Medical...
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Health Choices Costa Rica Making Quality Health Care Affordable
Health Choices Costa Rica, born out of Health Choices International, is a medical tourism facilitator and healthcare development company within this Central American country.Their guiding role for people who are contemplating surgery abroad is amply complemented by the role...
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Yoga evening at NYI has 14 couples twisting themselves for charity
On May 21st at the Nosara Yoga Institute (NYI), thirty people gathered for massage, yoga, chocolate-covered strawberries and lots of laughter. In the process, they raised over $400 for the Escuelita de Verano, a free summer camp for the...
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Weight Loss Attitude Part 1: Deciding to Change
By TCRN StaffThis is the first part of a five part series of articles about weight loss attitude and how to start changing your life for good.The first and most important thing you should know is that You Already...
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Avoid Tanning Beds And Use Sun Block To Prevent Skin Cancer
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Ileana Alfaro
Certified DermatologistWith thousands of new cases diagnosed annually and increasing numbers daily, skin cancer is the most common cancer in the world, even above breast and prostate cancer.Melanoma is not the only risk of UV...
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The Medical Tourism Industry Showed its Strength
On April 26th, 2010, 450 health service providers from 15 Latin American countries gathered at the Ramada Herradura Hotel Convention Center to participate in the first Latin American Global Medicine and Wellness Congress held in San José, Costa Rica.The...
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Costa Rica Will Participate in MD&M West 2025 as a Benchmark in Technological and Sustainable Advances
With a focus on innovation and development in technological advances and sustainable solutions, Costa Rica will participate in MD&M...