Tag: health care in Costa Rica
Costa Rica Will Create Face Mask Alternatives For Personal Protection
With the global emergency by the COVID-19 pandemic, various nations have increased their demand for medical equipment,...
The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) Negotiates With Hotels To Decongest Hospitals For...
The Costa Rican Social Security Fund(CCSS) is analyzing options and costs, in case Covid-19 care requires mobilizing...
Learn 3 Exercises To Meditate And Relax At Home
Meditation is a technique that helps you relax your whole body and helps control your thoughts. The...
Digitalizing the Costa Rican Health System Data Base to Save Lives
Since 1941, Costa Rica has a health system that has been developed under the directive of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund...
3 Big Reasons Why Self-Diagnosis is Dangerous
Gracias a Internet, la gente común ahora tiene acceso a una cantidad ilimitada de recursos educativos. La cantidad de información gratuita y de calidad disponible en línea es asombrosa. Obviamente, esto es algo muy beneficioso. Simplemente saltando en línea puedes aprender valiosas habilidades como cambiar una llanta o aplicar un torniquete
Costa Rica Leads Latin America in Fight Against Breast Cancer
Recently it was made known through the international study: “Facts and figures about cancer in 2018” of the American Cancer Association, that...
The Costa Rican Health System Aims To Be One of the Best in the...
A report was recently presented at the 57th session of the Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Washington,...
Dengue Fever Is Doing The Rounds in Costa Rica
Recently it was known through the Ministry of Health of Costa Rica an increase of 160% in cases of Dengue infections in...
Celiac Disease: Signs, Symptoms And Treament
Celiac diseaseis a digestive disorder caused by an abnormal immune reaction to gluten.
Most people...
Eating Healthy To Beat Anxiety: Here’s Some Pointers
Have you ever been tempted to reach out for a high-calorie food when you're not hungry? It turns out that the human...
4 Effective Home Methods to Purify Your Water
Purifying water to make it drinkable means eliminating waste and organisms that are harmful to health: bacteria, parasites,...
Be Careful With Dengue: Know Its Causes and Prevention
Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease that occurs in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Mild dengue causes high fever, rash, muscle,...
All You Need to Know About Making and Using Homemade Saline Solution
A child can become dehydrated because of severe diarrhea, gastroenteritis or heat; all these conditions are very serious for a minor and...
Parrita Health Center Improvements Will Benefit Thousands of Costa Ricans
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Some 21,000 people living in Parrita and communities of Aserrí, Acosta, and Turrubares Puriscal, will benefit from the...
70% of Costa Rican Children Recover From Cancer
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Every year in Costa Rica 150 new cancer cases are diagnosed in children, a figure that compared with...
Costa Rica Acquires New Cancer Specialists from Around the World
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Various medical centers of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) across the country belonging to the Cancer...
Costa Rica Retirement: You Have Questions? We Have Answers!
With the extensive coverage in TheCostaRicaNews.com of retirement, residency processes and other aspects of expat life in Costa Rica, this weekly publication has developed a loyal following of readers interested in getting questions answered before making the big move to retire here.
