Health

The language used to describe the foods we eat can have a big effect on how we perceive them: "organic," "artisan," "homemade", and "select" sound a bit more tempting than prosaic "canned," "rehydrated", or "lyophilized." Another adjective that can...

During pregnancy, many women do not know if they should continue their gym routine. This doubt makes them fear that it may interfere with that natural process. On the other hand, many who have never exercised do not know...

Three Tico students from the Master's Degree in Medical Device Engineering at the Technological Institute of Costa Rica (TEC), created a medical device that prevents bladder pain.Marcela Aguilar, Carlos Matamoros and Johel Barrios, started from the testimony of a...

With the confinement measures following COVID-19, people are less exposed to the sun and therefore produce less vitamin D3 in the skin. A solution to increase its levels in the body is to consume eggs, since it contains this...

Costa Rica reached the maximum peak of infections this week, a month before the worst projected scenario, according to the demographer of the Central American Population Center of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), Luis Rosero.According to Rosero, three...

Starting this Friday, May 14th, the Juan Santamaría International Airport will have a rapid test laboratory to detect the SARV-COV2 virus that causes COVID-19. According to Aeris, the management company of the air terminal, the results will be ready...

The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) this past week asked countries not to vaccinate children and adolescents against COVID and rather allocate those doses to the Covax system, created so that countries with fewer resources have...

Costa Rica needs to go from receiving 60 thousand doses a week to 150 thousand and thus cover just over 3 million people between now and December. In addition, the Social Security has shown in other vaccination campaigns that...

Just as the roots of plants penetrate the earth, so do cancer cells in healthy tissues, revealed today a scientific study, after establishing a clear similarity.According to the journal Nature Communications,

Cold sores is a very common viral infection, caused by herpes simplex type 1. Generally, the first infection occurs in childhood and is usually inside the mouth or lips.Why do we keep getting cold sores over time?This virus has...