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Needle-Free Vaccine May Stop Montezuma's Revenge
 Maggie Fox
A needle-free vaccine protected more than 70 percent of visitors to Mexico and Guatemala from traveler's diarrhea, popularly known as Montezuma's Revenge, researchers reported recently.
Mexico City to Host XVII International AIDS Conference
(AIDS 2008)
 aids2008.org
Organizers of the XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008) – to be held in Mexico City from 3-8 August 2008 – have announced the participation of 17 plenary speakers, including leading HIV scientists, community leaders, practitioners and policy experts from across the globe.
Mexican Mayor Hands Out Free Condoms, Viagra for Father's Day
 Associated Press
Men in the northern Mexican town of Escobedo are likely to have a happy Father's Day, thanks to a mayor who is handing out free Viagra and condoms.
IMSS to Have $5.5 Billion Peso Budget for New Hospitals in 2008
 Presidencia de la República
President Calderón announced that this year, the IMSS will receive a budget of $5.6 billion pesos in physical investment, which will be used to promote 384 projects, including works under construction and works required by the Mexican Social Security Institute.
700-Pound Mexican Man Hopes to Stand for Wedding
 Mark Walsh
anuel Uribe, who once weighed a half ton but has slimmed down to about 700 pounds, celebrates his 43rd birthday on Wednesday with a simple wish for the coming year: to be able to stand on his own two feet to get married.
Things to Do in Puerto Vallarta This Summer
 Pamela Thompson
If you are spending your summer in Vallarta, here are a few upcoming events - the majority being more social than healthcare, since I've received numerous requests to organize "something fun to do in the summer" rather than lectures, talks, etc.
Cuba: Free Sex Change Operations Approved
 Dalia Acosta
New horizons opened up for transsexuals in Cuba with the approval of a Public Health Ministry resolution that establishes guidelines for their health care, including free gender reassignment operations.
Euthanasia Tourists Snap Up Pet Shop Drug in Mexico
 Robin Emmott
Clutching photos of the bottled drug to overcome a lack of Spanish, they have maps sketched by euthanasia activists to locate back-street pet shops and veterinary supply stores near the U.S. border. There they can buy a bottle for $35 to $50, enough for one suicide, no questions asked.
Cannabis: Cancer Research’s Most Surprising Story
 Bruce Mirken
Once again the cancer diagnosis of a well-known national figure - in this case Sen. Ted Kennedy - has sparked a flurry of interest in efforts to treat and cure this frustrating, complex and deadly illness. One of the most promising areas of research involves a group of chemicals whose origins may seem shocking: cannabinoids.
Sun Screens Can Cause Cancer
 Mike Adams
Given the fact that just about everything you put on your skin gets absorbed into your bloodstream, it is interesting that there is a complete lack of regulation of cancer-causing ingredients in skin care products.
'Shame on Merck': Drug Giant Blasted for Steep AIDS Drug Prices in Mexico
 AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Newspaper Ads in New Jersey, New York’s Village Voice and the Washington Blade criticize Merck for charging Mexico six times more than other Latin American countries for its key AIDS drug, Stocrin.
 Revolutionary Prostate Cancer Treatment Comes To Puerto Vallarta
 Jim Scherrer
While in the lobby of San Javier a couple weeks ago, we met a group of doctors, nurses, and assistants from the US who travel to PV on a monthly basis, spending three days at San Javier practicing a revolutionary prostate cancer treatment.
Study: Obesity Trend In Children May Be Slowing
 Rob Stein
The obesity epidemic may have peaked among U.S. children, halting a decades-long trend of inexorably expanding waistlines among the nation's youngest and most vulnerable, federal health officials reported this week.
Tiny Med School Holds Big Dreams
 John MacCormack
Housed in a borrowed school classroom in an isolated Mexican border village, the tiny Jose Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara School of Medicine is all about long odds and last chances.
Passport to Health
 R.J. Ignelzi
As your long-awaited vacation draws near, you're busy checking off your travel to-do list. You've booked your flights, arranged hotels and even bought a sexy new swimsuit. Just don't forget to plan for the one thing that's critical to any great vacation – good health.
Mexico Attracting Foreigners Seeking Euthanasia: Report
 Agence France-Presse
At least 200 terminally-ill people from Australia, Britain, New Zealand and the United States have visited Mexico since 2001 to buy a cheap, widely available euthanasia drug, a newspaper has said.
Medical Marijuana and Organ Transplants Don't Mix
 Stuart Glascock
Should using doctor-prescribed marijuana be a deal-breaker for someone needing an organ transplant? It is not a theoretical question but a pressing and emotional one confronting hospitals and patients in US states where medical use of marijuana is legal.
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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