Health

For the fifth consecutive year, pineapple was considered the third food with the least presence of pesticides. This news was celebrated by the National Chamber of Pineapple Producers and Exporters (Canapep). This is because 90% of this fruit consumed...

Environmental issues, the COVID-19 Pandemic and economic recovery dominated this week the virtual meeting between the President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, and the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed.In reviewing the meeting, the Presidential Office...

El turismo médico dental se define ampliamente como viajar a otro estado o país para recibir atención médica.

The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) implemented the mixed use of molecular and antigen tests - also known as rapid tests - for the diagnosis of COVID-19. This implementation has taken place gradually since December, and is already...

Consuming too much salt and sodium can lead to increased blood pressure, causing 9.4 million deaths a year and the main risk factor for heart disease. Precisely the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends 5 maximum grams of salt per...

Within the framework of International Women's Day, Tico deputy Carolina Hidalgo, presented a bill to promote and guarantee the Government's actions in the area of menstrual health and hygiene. This is project 22.421 Menstruation and Justice, which aims to...

The graph on the contagion of COVID-19 in Costa Rica leaves no room for doubt: the Pandemic is slowing down in the country and 2021 has brought good news. This is reflected in the official data of the Ministry...

There are 148,000 people, between 80 and more than 100 years old, according to statistics from the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS). The first to start the process were those located in long-stay senior homes, in December 2020,...

The brain has an area in charge of detecting threats against life and its integrity, it is called the cerebral amygdala, which also reacts to keep the body safe.The responses provided by this amygdala are healthy, but what happens...

When we hear the word Pandemic we probably think of the unnameable that takes away our ability to perceive aromas and flavors, however, that is not the only Pandemic that has existed, in fact we are still living another...