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Cancer Treatment by Linear Accelerator is a Reality Now
 Bobby Ramakant
The national incidence of cancer in India is approximately 100 to 130 individuals per 100,000, but last month, the first patient was successfully treated by the state-of-the-art technology in radiotherapy – linear accelerator at SRMSIMS.
 Susan Davalos Helps Special Needs Children, the Sick and the Elderly
 Twila Crawford
Much admired PV resident and nurse, Susan Davalos, is a volunteer community coordinator in the El Pitillal and the city dump area, who recently took us to visit and to help out at five organizations caring for children, adults and the elderly
Obama's Path to Greatness: Health Care as Stimulus
 Dean Baker
If Obama announced plans to jump-start national health care insurance, it could provide an immediate boost to the economy.
len's life: Why Be Pampered? Because You're Worth It!
 len
As a seasoned stylist for more years now than I care to mention, I am often asked a very simple question: "why?" This brings us to "Why pamper?" This is not rocket science folks. It's because you deserve to look and feel good all the time.
Living on the Outside: The Impact of Diabetes-Related Stigma
 Amit Dwivedi
Stigma has long been associated with mental illness, physical disability, leprosy, cancer and tuberculosis. However, diabetes-related stigma is particularly severe as diabetes is a life-threatening chronic condition.
Mexico City: Fashion Gets Serious
 WWD Fashion
Fashion may rule across Mexico, but Mexico City — the largest metropolitan area in the Western hemisphere — is acclaimed as the nation’s fashion capital.
Move Over, My Pretty, Ugly Is Here
 Sarah Kershaw
It would be close to impossible to tally all the magazine articles, scholarly treatises and philosophical works, reality shows and Internet sites, college courses, lectures and books devoted to the subject of beauty. But what about ugliness?
Hook the Cure Fishing Tournament Nets $450,000 for Cystic Fibrosis Patient Care and Research
 Gary Green
The third annual Redbone Tournament Series event, presented by BJ's Restaurants and IOTEC brought U.S. anglers to Puerto Vallarta Mexico for fun in the sun and exciting fishing - and reeled in a whopping $450,000 Net for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Calories Do Count
 Kim Severson
For the last few decades, the most popular diets were complex formulas that promised abundant eating with just the right combinations of fat, protein and carbohydrates. Now those regimens are starting to look like exotic mortgages and other risky financing instruments.
AHF'S AIDS Drug-Pricing Campaign Arrives in Abbott Executives' Home Mailboxes
 Business Wire
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), which operates four free treatment clinics in Mexico (Puerto Vallarta, Cancun, Tuxtla Gutierrez and Pachuca) today stepped up its campaign to prompt Abbott Laboratories, Inc. to lower the price for its key AIDS drug Kaletra in Mexico.
Baby Boomer Retirees: Medicare in Mexico
 Donna Fox
According to David Warner, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin who studies issues surrounding Medicare portability, many retirees look at moving to Mexico as a way to maintain an upper income lifestyle on a moderate income.
Study: Smog Chops 2 Months Off Mexicans' Lives
 Alexandra Olson
Mexicans would live an average of two months longer if they breathed cleaner air, Harvard researchers conclude in a study published Monday.
Care for Children and Adolescents Living with Diabetes
 Amit Dwivedi
According to the International Diabetes Federation almost 4 million people die from diabetes-related causes each year. Every day more than 200 children are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, making it one of the most common chronic diseases to affect children.
blu Prepares to 'Go Wild' Again!
 PVNN
blu, Puerto Vallarta's five-star salon and spa is looking for male and female models to work the runway at this year's anniversary party and fashion show, 'Phase 4 Begins Now!' which will be held in front of blu Salon and Spa on November 29, 2008.
Blood Donors Needed in Puerto Vallarta
 Pamela Thompson
At this time, blood is URGENTLY needed for Anthony Labreche, as well as many other hospitalized people who need your help, so PLEASE consider donating a pint! Think if it was you or one of your loved ones in the same situation!
To Counter Problems of Food Aid, Try Spuds
 Elisabeth Rosenthal
With governments having trouble feeding the growing number of hungry poor and grain prices fluctuating wildly, food scientists are proposing a novel solution for the global food crisis: Let them eat potatoes.
V.E.S. Goes to the Market
 Ed Thomas
On October 17th the Vallarta Enfrenta el SIDA Mobile Detection Unit held another V.E.S. health fair, this time at the 5 de diciembre Mercado. Thanks to a great job by all the volunteers and staff, they performed 58 HIV rapid detection tests.
Not Only the Rich are at Risk of Diabetes
Amit Dwivedi
World Diabetes Day was created by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization in 1991, to draw attention of the world community towards escalating incidences of diabetes amongst the rich and poor, old and young alike.
Activists Tackle Problem of Latinos' Growing HIV Threat
 Susan Ferriss
AIDS is attacking Latinos, native-born and immigrant, disproportionately. Nineteen percent of all new diagnosed cases in 2006 in the United States were Latinos, who make up 14 percent of the population.
The Irreverent Chef: Fried Green Potatoes
 Liana Turner
I always thought that because potatoes are a member of the nightshade family, that any green parts of the tuber (that's the potato) or plant were extremely poisonous. I had read and heard it so many times, I just assumed that it was true...
World Food Day: Eating Less, Paying More
 Ali Gharib
Despite wall-to-wall media coverage of the financial crisis rocking the U.S. and, increasingly, other financial systems around the world, a crisis with a larger scope is brewing with little attention.
Calderón to Expand Investment in Health
 Presidencia de la República
In view of the adverse international economic situation, President Felipe Calderón declared that the Federal Government will not restrict or cancel health investment and instead increase infrastructure in this area above what Congress has proposed.
Fighting HIV in the Banderas Bay Region
Ed Thomas
Vallarta Enfrenta el SIDA, A.C. (known as VES, or as Vallarta Confronts AIDS in English) continues to be an essential partner in the fight against the HIV epidemic in the Banderas Bay region. Learn what the VES team has been up to this week.
Mexico: Legalisation Fight Gains Ground as Illegal Abortions Increase
 Diego Cevallos
Legal access to abortion, available since April 2007 in the Mexican capital, should be extended to the rest of the country, where the rate of illegal abortions exceeds the average for developing countries and the total number reached 880,000 in 2006, up 64 percent from 1990.
People with Diabetes Lose More Than Money
Amit Dwived
As November 14th, World Diabetes Day, approaches the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is striving to raise awareness about diabetes, and advocate for standard treatment facilities globally.
Half-Ton Mexican Man Dies After Pleading for Help
 Mark Walsh
A 990-pound bedridden man who had appealed on Mexican television for help tackling his weight problem died Tuesday of heart failure, his family said.
Good Head - Two Can Sometimes Be Better Than One
 Just Len!
As you read this, you'll notice that the column name has changed. And you'll soon notice that's not the only thing changing. It's no longer just about Using Your Head. It's a new attitude, a new outlook and most of all a new title... Just Len!
Discoverers of AIDS and Cancer Viruses Win Nobel
 Lawrence K. Altman
The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded Monday to three European scientists who had discovered viruses behind two devastating illnesses, AIDS and cervical cancer.
President Felipe Calderón Hands Over New Ambulances and National Health Cards
 Presidencia de la República
This means, President Felipe Calderón said, the start of a process that will reverse the trend of several years, so that we can really improve the institution.
World's Heaviest Man Offers Diet Tips to Another Bed-Ridden Obese Man in Mexico
 Mark Walsh
When critically obese, bedridden Jose Luis Garza pleaded for help in shedding a few hundred pounds, he landed the world's biggest weight watcher. Garza is getting diet advice from Manuel Uribe, a fellow Mexican who has been fighting to lose his title as the world's heaviest man.
Cannabis Less Harmful than Drinking, Smoking: Report
 Agence France-Presse
Cannabis is less harmful than alcohol or tobacco, according to a report by a research charity Thursday, which called for a "serious rethink" of drug policy.
India Embraces Smoke-Free Policies on Gandhi's Birthday
 Bobby Ramakant
Since October 2, 2008, the 139th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's birth, India has been enforcing smoke-free policies, which ban smoking in public and in private areas with public access, to protect non-smokers from exposure to secondhand smoke.
Healthcare Resources Puerto Vallarta October Newsletter
 Pamela Thompson
It's hard to believe that it's already October! The summer has just zipped by with us planning all kinds of events, clinics, talks and special packages for the upcoming High Season. But for now, here's what we have in store for you this month.
A Very Busy Week For the VES Team
Ed Thomas
It may be 'low season,' but Vallarta Enfrenta el SIDA and CAPASITS have been working overtime providing free rapid HIV testing and public education at conferences and weekly mobile detection clinics in colonias throughout the Banderas Bay region.
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