Medical marijuana bill heads to Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly
Email this page August 11th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly will begin debate on a bill on Monday aimed at legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes. The bill, aimed to “investigate, regulate and control cannabis for medicinal use,” was presented by PAC legislator, Marvin Atencio, who is also a medical doctor. The 85-page […]
Vitamin D may help avert Alzheimer’s disease, dementia
Email this page By Jessica Berman August 7th, 2014 (VOA) Simply taking a daily vitamin D supplement may be enough to ward off Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, according to medical experts. Researchers caution, however, that the results of a large, recently published study do not demonstrate that low levels of vitamin D necessarily cause dementia. […]
World Hepatitis Day highlights global scourge, hopes for treatment
Email this page By Jessica Berman July 28th, 2014 (VOA) Hepatitis is one of the top four communicable diseases in the world, with someone contracting the potentially fatal liver condition every 10 seconds. Advocates are using World Hepatitis Day, Monday July 28, to draw attention to the disorder. They are optimistic that drugs – which can […]
New test predicts which chemicals could cause cancer
Many chemicals have been linked to the development of cancer, but the cancer-causing potential of thousands of others is unknown. Now, researchers have developed a simple test that can identify which chemicals have negative long-term health effects.
9-year-old Costa Rican boy dies of rabies after squirrel bite
Email this page July 18th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) A 9-year-old boy died as the result of being bitten by a rabies-infected squirrel on Wednesday, in the first such case since 2001. The child lived in the Osa area, and was bitten by the squirrel on May 5th. Apparently the boy was eating a sweet, which […]
Russian president, Vladimir Putin makes surprise visit to Nicaragua
Russia’s president began a six-day tour of Latin American countries on Friday, and made an unscheduled visit to Nicaragua.
Vaccine shows 88.5% efficacy against hemorrhagic dengue
Email this page July 11th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) There’s new hope for those who suffer from dengue, a virus characterized by hammering headaches, high fevers and pain. A vaccine shows promise after a two-year trial in five Asian countries. Dr. Maria Rosario Capeding, one of the researchers in the Philippines, said that during the trial, the vaccine cut […]
French tourist becomes first person to contract Chikungunya in Costa Rica
Email this page July 7th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) A French tourist has become the first confirmed case of a person contracting the Chikungunya virus in Costa Rica, the Ministry of Health said on Friday. While there are at least four other confirmed cases of the virus in the country, the others are believed to have been […]
