Calderon Guardia Hospital solves diesel water problem, surgeries to resume shortly
Email this page April 14th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Authorities have determined that a contamination of the water supply at Calderon Guardia Hospital has been rectified, and restrictive measures that have affected the hospital for the past two weeks can be lifted. The medical center’s main water tank was contaminated with diesel fuel. The cause is […]
Taking Viagra could lead to deadly skin cancer
Men’s bedroom woes are often treated with the blue pill that improves the sex lives of millions across the world. Although erectile dysfunction treatment has successfully helped both men and their partners turn up the heat in between the sheets, the impotence drug could be deadly for men. According to a recent study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, Viagra users are twice as likely to develop deadly skin cancer — melanoma.
Simple blood test could detect early cancer
Email this page By Matthew Hilburn April 9th, 2014 (VOA) Detecting many forms of cancer may soon be as easy as a simple blood test, according to a new study. The blood test, developed by researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine, could also be used to “monitor the amount of cancer in a patient’s body,” say […]
Breast cancer treatment may cause lung cancer
New research shows that breast cancer patients who undergo radiotherapy are at an increased risk of subsequently developing a lung tumor, underscoring the importance of limiting radiation exposure to a minimum during the life-saving therapy.
Banana workers affected by pesticide block Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly
Email this page April 1st, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) A group of banana workers blocked the entrances and exits of the Legislative Assembly yesterday for at least an hour. The move came after the workers had waited until 7pm for the hearing of Bill 18.802, which aims to provide direct compensation to workers affected by the […]
Bagaces residents to march against two years of arsenic-contaminated water
Email this page March 31st, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Residents in Bagaces, one of the Guanacaste communities that has been hardest-hit by arsenic contamination of their water supplies, have had enough. Residents will gather at 6 a.m. on Wednesday in the community’s central park, where they will proceed to march to the Interamericana Norte highway in […]
AyA tells Parrita residents to keep drinking brown water
Email this page March 28th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Brown or “coffee colored” water coming from their taps has been causing residents in the central Pacific community of Parrita concern, but the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA) are telling the community that the water is perfectly safe to drink, despite its color. According […]
New class of antibiotics may fight superbugs such as MRSA
A team of U.S. researchers says it discovered a new class of antibiotics to fight drug-resistant bacteria that threaten public health.
