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 Health & Beauty
Because Living Well is the Best Revenge
What better place to begin, continue or enhance your well being than in beautiful Puerto Vallarta? Whether you are here on vacation or here to stay, the many health and beauty services available in Puerto Vallarta will keep you feeling fit and looking absolutely marvelous.
As with any international travel destination, Puerto Vallarta offers an unsurpassed menu of beauty treatments and medical services that will keep you feeling refreshed, rejuvenated and revived. In addition to the availability of the latest techniques and technologies, the costs of these services are dramatically less expensive than in the States.
Bilingual medical, dental, chiropractic, and physical therapy services, as well as modern hospitals with high-tech equipment and fully accredited physicians, assure that patients can expect the same quality of health care in Puerto Vallarta as they would receive in the US - and prescription drugs are readily available, and at reasonable prices!
Puerto Vallarta is also home to dozens of gyms, spas and fitness centers that offer day packages, vacation packages and even full memberships for those of us who live here year-round. Local beauticians know all the latest hairstyles, coloring, skin and nail care techniques - and these beauty treatments cost about a third of what it would cost at home.
Vacation surgery is gaining popularity, and since most of these procedures are relatively quick, it's easy to take home not only a tan but a little tucking as well. Liposuction, tummy tucks and other 'remedial measures' cost less than half what they do up North, yet they're staffed by highly trained and board certified professionals.
Puerto Vallarta has a competent, confident and cutting-edge medical community. And since prominent hospitals, world-class gyms and spas, and well-known beauty salons continue to be attracted here, it's easy and affordable to pamper yourself with professional health and beauty treatments that'll leave you looking, and feeling, like a million bucks.
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Obesity Contributes to Global Warming: Study
 Michael Kahn
Obesity contributes to global warming, too. Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and the problem will worsen as the population literally swells in size, a team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine says.
Vallarta Enfrenta el SIDA May Events
 Paul Crist
This month, Vallarta Enfrenta el SIDA, a non-profit organization that provides education and prevention programs, counseling and support for those with HIV+ and their loved ones, is hosting several activities that you won't want to miss!
 World's Most Obese Man Vies for Different Record
 Robin Emmott
Mexico's Manuel Uribe, once the world's most obese man, is now vying for a different record: the human who has lost the most weight.
President Calderón at Inauguration of Mother and Child Hospital in Reynosa
 Presidencia de la República
As part of the Mother's Day celebrations, President Felipe Calderón inaugurated the Mother and Child Hospital in Reynosa, Tamaulipas that will provide services for over 350,000 people from this region in the north of the country.
Illegal Farm Workers Get Health Care in Shadows
 Kevin Sack
They may visit a clinic or hospital if they are severely ill. But for many illegal immigrants, particularly indigenous Mexican groups like the Mixtecs, much of their health care is provided by a parallel system of spiritual healers, home remedies and self-medication.
Mexico Ex-Official: Health Care Should Have No Boundaries
 Sheryl Kornman
Health care is a human right, not a "commodity or a privilege," Dr. Julio Frenk, a former health secretary of Mexico, said Wednesday at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.
Latin America: South-South Cooperation to Fight Child Malnutrition
 Daniela Estrada
Cooperation between Latin American countries, which is cheap, efficient and horizontal, could fast-track the fight against child malnutrition, Nils Kastberg, the regional director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said at a conference held in the Chilean capital.
Mental Disorders Cost Society Billions in Unearned Income
 Colleen Labbe
Major mental disorders cost the nation at least $193 billion annually in lost earnings alone, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health.
Burn Grandfather, But First Have Breakfast
 JOY!
When they paved the the once tree-rich Lazaro Cardenas Park to put in a parking lot, I didn’t think I'd ever feel good about that space again. Then, in February, Hector Lugo staged his Natural Health fair there, and the plaza came back to life.
Not Only Condoms Stop HIV
 Paul Crist
In January, the Federal Office of Public Health in Switzerland released the results of a study claiming that HIV+ individuals who are receiving antiretroviral therapy and whose viral load is undetectable, "do not transmit HIV by sexual means."
Largest Measles Outbreak Since 2001 Hits
 Chicago Tribune
Federal health officials warned Thursday that the U.S. could be on the verge of a major outbreak of measles, a viral disease that had been declared wiped out in this country in 2000.
Now They've Gone Too Far
 Len
Just when I thought that the world had seen enough of Crocs classic smurf look, here they come with a new and improved high heeled version. I realize that this ranting of mine is somewhat repetitive, but this fashion mistake has gone on long enough.
New Yoga School Coming to Puerto Vallarta
 PVNN
On May 6th, a new yoga school will be opening in the heart of Old Town Puerto Vallarta. Called davannayoga, this traditional style bi-lingual school will offer yoga classes for beginners, advanced, children and pre-natal students.
Medical Marijuana Bill to Be Introduced in Mexico
 Drug War Chronicle
Deputy Elsa Conde of the Social Democratic Alternative Party, or simply Alternativo, will introduce a bill to legalize the medicinal use of marijuana in Mexico next week.
From DNA of Family, a Tool to Make Arrests
 Ellen Nakashima
States are moving to conduct familial searches of criminal databases, looking for close-to-perfect matches with DNA from crime scenes. A partial match with a convicted criminal could implicate a brother or daughter or father of the convict.
Healthcare Resources Puerto Vallarta Spring-Summer 2008 News
 Pamela Thompson
While many of our local "snowbirds" have flown north for the summer, we'll be spending the Spring and Summer months continuing with our services of physician referrals, Insurance Resource Center, Home Health Services and many other things.
Mud Magic in the Puerto Vallarta Jungle
 JOY!
Mud baths are legendary for pain relief, for drawing toxins from the body and leaving the skin feeling wonderful. The mud my friend David mines from the Sierra Madres has extraordinary healing properties.
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