Paris, Oct 17 (EFE).- The European project Venomics has succeeded in creating the largest database of toxins in history after analyzing 203 species of poisonous animals, which will in turn help develop new medicines. The pharmaceutical applications being worked on are chiefly focused on cardiovascular diseases, obesity and diabetes, leaders of the project told a press conference in Paris. Th...

Many dental patients are not fond of regular checkups; they mostly go to the dentist once a year for a cleaning or when they know they need a major procedure done. It so happens that regular dental appointments scheduled three or four times a year can substantially improve overall health by means of prevention. Bacteria mitigation is at the heart of all dental cleanings. Through salivation and ...

At a recent conference held by the American Dental Association, one of the most respected dentistry organizations in the world, implant technology was determined to be the most important technological advance of the last four decades. Dental implants are the most sensible treatment for lost teeth. In the past, removable dentures were among the most common solutions that dentists offered to pati...

The strengthening of the United States dollar (USD) and the weakening of a few international economies are factors creating bargains for North American and European medical tourists. A recent article by Christiana Sciaudone of BloombergBusiness examined how currency devaluation is creating bargains for medical tourists in Brazil: “Danniella Gomes is about to head home to Brasilia from Texas to ge...

Over the past year, lawsuits involving unhappy service providers that have received negative Yelp reviews have been multiplying. For the unacquainted, YELP is an Internet platform for individuals who wish to review their experiences with merchants and service providers. In the last couple of years, YELP has made headlines as multiple disgruntled business owners have filed lawsuits against reviewer...

Pixabay Commons Orlando, FL, October 09, 2015 --(PR.com)-- For his efforts to provide international healthcare consumers with value-based treatment options, Dr. Marc Fetscherin, associate professor of international business and marketing at Rollins College, has been recognized for Excellence in Medical Tourism Research, the Medical Tourism Association® announced. Dr. Fetscherin, a Cornell D...

As one of the leading medical tourism destinations in the world, Costa Rica attracts thousands of health travelers each year, and many of them arrive in our country seeking dental care. Dental tourism in Costa Rica is attractive not only because it is more affordable in comparison to North America and Europe; in fact, other Latin American destinations may offer cheaper services, but these are plac...

Pixabay Commons By Carol Blair Vaughn The composition of the world population has changed dramatically in recent decades as life expectancy worldwide has risen from 46 to 68 years – except in Costa Rica, where life expectancy has risen to 77 for men, and 81 for women, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO has dubbed this movement, “Older People – a new power for developm...

Most medical tourists who choose Costa Rica for dental treatments often cite cost as their major motivation to travel. Dental procedures in North America and Europe can be very pricey, particularly when they involve restorative work, implantation and oral surgery. Such treatments are far more affordable in Costa Rica, but there is another very attractive factor to dental tourism in Costa Rica, and...

Wikimedia Commons A broken tooth is a dental condition that may result from an accident or from decay. To a certain extent, a chipped tooth can be a medical emergency if a large fragment is inadvertently swallowed or if it leads to an oral infection. Depending on the amount of damage sustained, the tooth may be permanently lost if left untreated, and the risk of future infection may increase. ...

Pixabay Commons Pixabay Commons San José, Costa Rica, September 24, 2015 --(PR.com)-- September 27-30, 2015, the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, will host the event of the year in The Medical Tourism Industry. The Medical Tourism Association will facilitate the World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress, alongside the Employee Healthcare & Benefits Congress. Th...

Taipei, Sep 23 (EFE).- The dengue epidemic in Taiwan has caused 42 deaths and resulted in 14,590 confirmed cases since the beginning of May, the Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, said Wednesday. The death toll is the highest in a dengue epidemic in 14 years and could rise because 29 other deaths with symptoms similar to dengue are being examined, the CDC said, adding that total infections co...

DENVER - Sept. 21, 2015 - PRLog -- It is well known that Costa Rica is a “Mecca” for outdoor enthusiasts and athletic adventurers of all kinds. With ventures like these, unfortunately injuries are bound to occur. The residents of San Jose are lucky to have a resource like Smart Move to assist them on their road to recovery. At Smart Move, whatever the need may be, they have you covered and adding ...

At noontime on Saturday, three tourists from the United States were struck by lighting during a powerful thunderstorm that continued until mid-afternoon. As of Saturday evening, two of the struck U.S. tourists were listed as being in delicate condition at the hospital. According to a news report filed by Shirley Vasquez of national newspaper La Nacion, the three victims in this meteorological i...

Source: CSMT Press Advantage News Release - September 16. 2015 -- The Costa Rica School of Massage Therapy in Samara, Nicoya, has announced that they will have an award winning instructor joining them on their faculty for part of their fall session. Ruth Werner will be joining the school this fall to assist in educating students of the 2015 Mariposa class. "We're excited to have Ruth join our ...

Miami, FL (PRWEB) September 16, 2015 -- Spafinder Wellness 365™ today released part one of its annual State of Wellness Travel Report, revealing that the highest percentage of travel agents in the survey’s eight-year history expect growth in wellness travel for the current year (2015). Survey findings show the wellness travel sector, a global market estimated at $494 billion*, is expanding in dire...

JACO, Costa Rica - Sept. 13, 2015 - PRLog -- A group of Costa Rican representatives will be traveling to Denver, Colorado in October to see first hand the results of the Medical Cannabis Industry. Working with The Council on Responsible Cannabis Regulation, they have set up meetings with medical cannabis business owners, as well as city and state officials involved in overseeing the system, for th...

Rosh Hashanah treats. Flickr Commons Shalom. As a prime destination for medical tourism, many dental clinics in Costa Rica are staffed by multilingual professionals. At the Flikier Dental Institute, for example, English is spoken along with Spanish, French, and even Hebrew. On the day that Judaism celebrates its New Year holiday, which is known as Yom Teruah and Rosh Hashanah, it is importa...

The Guanacaste region of Costa Rica is the most affected by drought conditions and water shortages. During the Tamarindo Beach Marathon, which took place this past Saturday, non-profit organizations and activists complained about the numerous plastic pouches of water thrown along the road at several checkpoints along the race route. Although Tamarindo Beach is not currently facing water shortag...

On Thursday afternoon, President Luis Guillermo Solis of Costa Rica signed an Executive Decree that aims to authorize and regulate in vitro fertilization (IVF), a reproductive practice that was prohibited for a couple of years after a landmark ruling in Constitutional Court. The government of Costa Rica has been under pressure to reauthorize IVF since 2012, when Inter American Court of Human Ri...

U.S. Army photograph by Sgt. 1st Class Anna Doo, New Mexico National Guard Public Affairs NCO Story by Sergeant First Class Anna Doo of the 200th Public Affairs Detachment, New Mexico National Guard CUAJINIQUIL, Costa Rica - In a place where bicycle-powered transportation is the norm and a hammock sways in the soft breeze at every home, the "Pura Vida" relaxed lifestyle permeates all aspect...

Medical tourists in Costa Rica often mention a healthy smile as their primary motivation for getting dental treatments, which means that they wish to return home with nice, straight and gleaming teeth. There is no question that the power of the human smile is the engine that drives the dental tourism economy, but many patients tend to focus too much on their teeth and forget about the importance o...

Source: Carnegie Mellon University London, Aug 31 (EFE).- French and German researchers have detected a new active peptide, a compound formed by the union of various amino acids, which could be an active element in the development of Alzheimer's, according to a study published Monday in Nature magazine. This is the eta-amyloid peptide, which went unnoticed for some 30 years among scientists...

Source: Flickr Commons “Drill and fill” is the basic dentistry method applied to treating cavities. Essentially, dental care professionals first remove the soft decayed area of a tooth with special instruments, and one of them happens to be an ominous, high-speed drill that people in Costa Rica and around the world seem to have a predisposed phobia against. The filling comes after the drilling...

Bayer SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA--(Marketwired - Aug 27, 2015) - The Bayer Group opened a plant for the production of a non-reversible permanent contraceptive device today, with an investment of US$12 million and an initial employment generation for up to 75 people. The plant, located in the Zona Franca Metropolitana in Barreal de Heredia covers about 1,400 square meters, dedicated to the assembl...

NORCROSS, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Guided Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCQB: GTHP) announced today that access to the LuViva® Advanced Cervical Scan has been expanded to Costa Rica, bringing to 20 the number of countries where the Company has shipped its non-invasive, point-of-care cervical cancer detection technology. “We are pleased to see our growing traction among doctors, governments and distributors...

Wikiemedia Commons On a global level, dental tourism is an industry that produces billions of dollars each year. Costa Rica is often cited as a leading destination for dental tourism thanks to the affordability of treatments and quality of care. Marketing is one of the major aspects driving the international dental tourism industry, and one particular marketing element in this regard is the po...

Here are eight things you probably did not know about oral health and dental care in Costa Rica: The prevalence of caries in preschool age children in Costa Rica is 43.7 percent, slightly lower than in the United States; however, early caries is a health condition that is more likely to be found in rural areas. The use of fillings to treat cavities (caries) dates back to pre-Columbian, Meso...

Source: Wikimedia Commons By Carlos Meneses Sanchez Rosario Islands, Colombia, Aug 18 (EFE).- A scuba diving center in this Caribbean paradise is using an experimental therapy for people with disabilities, most of them victims of Colombia's armed conflict, who can forget about their physical limitations amid the coral. Diving Planet director Andres Obregon created this recreational scuba...

Source: Pixabay Commons National tourism boards around the world are paying very close attention to how their peers are using social media for marketing purposes. In Costa Rica, the Costa Rica Tourism Board (Spanish initials: ICT) was at one point an international leader in terms of using social media to attract foreign visitors as well as fomenting domestic tourism, and the most productive...

Wikiemedia Commons San Jose, August 9th, 2015 (Press Release by The Costa Rica Star) – When it comes to dental tourism in Costa Rica, prospective patients tend to be concerned with more than just the cost of their treatment. While it is true that dental procedures in Costa Rica are substantially lower than in North America and Europe, medical tourists are also interested by the quality of care...

Pixabay Public Domain For many children in Costa Rica and around the world, the first dental appointment is an event fraught with anxiety and fear, but it does not need to be that way. Dental care experiences can be turned into positive experiences for a child, but this requires the collaboration of parents and dentists. A child's fright of a dental visit is not unfounded; it is essentially...

For many decades, hundreds of military veterans from the United States have made Costa Rica their second home, and many of them have experienced the horrors of war. In Costa Rica, they hope to start a new life and alleviate their traumatic combat experience; this is a primary goal that they hope to accomplish even if they do not intend to live out the rest of their lives in our country. Costa ...

Wikimedia Commons Smart toothbrushes that connect to the World Wide Web and keep electronic dental records were among the most talked-about items at the Barcelona Mobile World Congress last year, but even these advanced oral hygiene instruments are not impervious to accumulating fecal matter if they are left in the bathroom. According to a 2014 report by Sam Schechner of the Wall Street Jou...

ALBANY, New York, July 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – High cost of medical treatment in developed countries has fueled the development of medical tourism, causing patients to visit other destinations for cheaper yet sophisticated treatment. Transparency Market Research, in a recent report, studies the emergence and growth of the global medical tourism industry. The report is titled "Medical Tourism Marke...

Social networking giant Facebook is quickly becoming a powerful ally for the business interests of the medical profession. Last year, a report by Reuters journalists Christina Farr and Alexei Oreskovic indicated that Facebook was looking into the feasibility of creating support communities for people who share certain medical conditions in common. Another research team within Facebook was also ...

Wikimedia Commons Momentum for Marijuana Reform Builds in Latin America and the Caribbean Drug Policy Alliance Press Release -- On Tuesday, Chile’s Lower House of Congress approved a bill that would decriminalize marijuana for medical and recreational purposes. The bill passed 68-39 with five abstentions and marks a major shift in the country’s drug policies, which currently criminalize cul...

Self-esteem, proper nutrition, communication, and overall health: these are just four of the holistic factors that make dental treatments an essential part of life.   In Western culture, dental appearance is strongly linked to self-esteem; in fact, taking children to see the orthodontist is both a rite of passage and a parental anxiety in the Americas as well as in Europe. Elderly patie...

Flickr Commons Bogota, Jul 2 (EFE).- A committee of experts at a hospital in the central Colombian city of Pereira on Thursday authorized the first mercy killing in the country in the case of a patient with terminal cancer whom several days ago the hospital ceased treating for legal reasons. Ovidio Gonzalez, 79, suffers from an aggressive cancer in his face that can no longer be productivel...

Pixabay Commons With the global market for dental implants and prosthetics poised to grow to more than $10 billion by the end of the decade, the dental tourism sector in Costa Rica is also expected to experience substantial growth. However, not all dental clinics in our country are prepared to meet the demands of health travelers who visit us for their treatment needs. According to a recent...