Doctors at AMA vote to make obesity a disease
Email this page The American Medical Association opened the door for mandatory insurance treatment for tens of millions of overweight Americans with a Tuesday vote to define obesity as a…
Medical chief at Costa Rica state hospital arrested as part of organ trafficking investigation
Email this page June 19th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A chief doctor at a Costa Rican government-ran hospital was arrested yesterday on suspicion of being part of an international organ trafficking network…
Costa Rica supports Nicaragua Canal plan if national territory not affected
Email this page June 17th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The government of Costa Rica supports Nicaragua’s effort to build a transoceanic canal that would dwarf the Panama Canal, calling it “positive,”…
Indigenous National Front opposes hydroelectric projects
Email this page June 17th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The National Front of Indigenous Peoples (FRENAPI) has issued a statement expressing their complete opposition to the development of hydroelectric projects in their…
Nicaragua OKs Chinese-made mega canal that would dwarf Panama
Email this page Simeon Tegel / GlobalPost Nicaragua’s lawmakers have approved a multibillion-dollar plan for a little-known Chinese firm to carve a canal between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans that…
Quakes and aftershocks rocked Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador
Email this page June 15th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) After an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale off the Pacific coast of Nicaragua on Saturday, both Nicaragua and other Central American…
UN projects world population will hit 9.6 billion by 2050
Email this page By Faine Greenwood / GlobalPost The population of the planet is expected to reach 9.6 billion by 2050 according to a new UN report — a slightly…
Big Brother alert: Cameras in the cable box to monitor TV viewers
Email this page It hardly gets more Orwellian than this. New technology would allow cable companies to peer directly into television watchers’ homes and monitor viewing habits and reactions to…
