Chili and cayenne peppers: surprisingly good for you
Email this page By Danielle Restuccia/Saludify Feature to Inside Costa Rica If you’re eating food with chili or cayenne pepper in it, you may not be thinking about health benefits; instead, you’re more likely to be concerned with wiping away your tears! Luckily for spice-lovers, though, peppers that are part of the capsicum family of […]
Producers release “La Caja de Pandora” – documentary explores “crisis” in Costa Rica’s public health system
Email this page Click here to watch the full documentary. January 30th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) A feature-length documentary produced by the University of Costa Rica (UCR) which explores what it describes as the crisis facing Costa Rica’s public health system, known locally as CCSS or, more commonly, the “Caja,” was released yesterday. Production of the […]
Twice-daily pill for Leukemia “melts away” cancer cells
Email this page By Jessica Berman / VOA January 28th, 2014 (VOA) An experimental pill could turn a lethal cancer into a chronic, but manageable disease like high blood pressure. If approved for treatment for a common form of leukemia, the compound replaces toxic chemotherapy treatments. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or CLL, is a cancer of […]
No health shield from vitamin D pills: study
Email this page January 24, 2014 (AFP) – Vitamin D supplements have no significant effect on preventing heart attack, stroke, cancer or bone fractures, according to a review of scientific evidence published Friday. Researchers led by Mark Bolland of the University of Auckland in New Zealand looked at 40 high-quality trials to see if supplements […]
Electricity from organ movements could soon power body implants
Email this page By Jessica Berman / VOA January 23, 2014 (VOA) Someday, implanted medical devices such as a heart pacemaker may be powered by the movement of the body’s organs. Researchers have demonstrated the potential of natural organ motion to do just that. So-called piezoelectric materials produce electrical current when they are stressed or […]
Researchers edge closer to a pill cure for hepatitis C
Email this page WASHINGTON, January 15, 2014 (AFP) – Clinical trials show that a combination of pills, one still in the experimental phase and one that was just approved for the US market, are effective at curing hepatitis C, researchers said Wednesday. However, the cost of the treatment is expected to be at least $80,000 […]
“La Caja de Pandora” – documentary will explore “crisis” in Costa Rica’s public health system
Email this page January 15th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) A feature-length documentary produced by the University of Costa Rica (UCR) will explore what it describes as the crisis facing Costa Rica’s public health system, known locally as CCSS or, more commonly, the “Caja.” Production of the film, titled “La Caja de Pandora” (literally, Pandora’s Box) was […]
Panama to use transgenic mosquitoes to fight dengue
Email this page PANAMA CITY, January 15, 2014 (AFP) – Panama will try to control a dengue outbreak that has claimed six lives this year by releasing transgenic mosquitoes to render infertile female transmitters of the disease, officials said Tuesday. Health Ministry director Carlos Galvez told AFP the technique has “shown promise” in Brazil and […]
