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Is climate change a factor in Costa Rica’s rising childhood asthma cases?

This year’s National Medical Conference will further explore the issue as well as other climate-change related topics such as climate change and its effects on severe diarrhea or neurological disease.

Number of obese Ticos has almost quadrupled in four decades

The Social Security System has launched a new campaign seeking to change Ticos’ eating habits in order to stem a tide of increasing obesity.

U.S. volunteer specialists perform spine surgeries on 11 Costa Rican children

A group of U.S. surgeons and other specialists joined local physicians this week to perform spine surgeries on 11 patients at the National Children’s Hospital in San José.

Moringa: small leaves with big nutrition

In his latest column, Ed Bernhardt shares his pick for the tree that should join your garden in 2017.

PriceSmart supermarkets in Costa Rica recall frozen tilapia fish

PriceSmart will reimburse customers who purchased tilapia between Nov. 7-24, under lot number 16080816172Y and with an expiration date of Aug. 7, 2018.

Costa Rican researchers look to beat cancer with blackberries

TEC researchers found that blackberries are highly efficient in preventing cell damage caused by exposure to ultraviolet radiation, the main cause of skin cancer.

Health Ministry confirms 10 deaths caused by influenza virus

Nine of the recent deaths related to influenza involved patients with additoinal health risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension, morbid obesity, lung, heart or kidney disease.

Costa Rican ants might have the secret to better antibiotics

The research group already patented their findings, therefore if the project concludes with a commercially distributed antibiotic, recognition and a share of the profits will be distributed equally among the three universities.

Costa Rican experts seek to curb increase in breast cancer cases, deaths

On average 1,100 Costa Rican women are diagnosed with breast cancer and some 250 of them die each year. These figures are the highest in Central America and fourth in Latin America.

Costa Rican ‘super eggs’ boost daily intake of nutrients

Selenium-enriched eggs produced using a new technique developed at the University of Costa Rica can help strengthen the immune system and contribute to the prevention of various types of cancer and cardiovascular disease.

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