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Something Fishy? Counterfeit Foods Enter the U.S. Market
 Elizabeth Weise
Foods masquerading as something else — a more nutritious something else — have been big news in the past two years. Chinese food companies in particular have been blamed for making deadly alterations to dairy, baby and pet foods by adding melamine.
Alive, Well, and Just a Bit Sad
 Linda Abbott Trapp
Nuevo Vallarta resident Linda Abbott Trapp tells of her recent experience in a Puerto Vallarta hospital, in hopes that should you require sudden treatment, you'll be both heartened and cautioned by her story.
Could a Skin Patch Prevent Holiday Diarrhea?
 BMJ Group
Getting a stomach upset when you travel somewhere exotic can ruin your holiday. So news that a skin patch vaccination might help you avoid tummy trouble is exciting. But the research is at a very early stage. We can't be sure yet that the vaccine will work.
 V.E.S. Red Ribbon Night at Club Mañana
 PVNN
Do not miss the charity event of the season this Friday, January 23rd, as Club Mañana hosts a charity benefit for Vallarta Enfrenta el Sida, MC'd by the one and only Cassandra with headliners Joanna, Mikki Prost and Diva, from 8-10 pm.
Outrage at Busty Virgin Mary Models
 Monica Vargas
A prominent fashion designer has sparked outrage in Chile by dressing up models like the Virgin Mary - in some cases with ample, near-naked breasts.
Economic Status Affects Obesity Rates in Mexican-American and White Women
 Science Centric
Obesity continues to increase for women in the United States, particularly among African-American and Mexican-American women. Between the ages of 35-44, there are approximately 3.3 million white women, 1.4 million African-American women, and 575,000 Mexican-American women who are obese.
 len's life: A New Year and New Beginnings
 Len
Now that we are well into 2009, PV's style and good-looks guru (that would be moi) has a new lease on life. Well, it's more like a new battery - and an implanted one, at that. Some call it a walking insurance policy. Whatever. Here's the truth...
LatAm: Too Many Women and Children Dying
 Daniela Estrada
Latin America is not in the tragic conditions of the least developed countries, but an average rate of 130 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births is very high.
Income Verification Reports Precaution
 David Lord
Veterans or their dependents should make sure that their annual I.V.R.'s (income verification reports) for Pension checks are filled out in dollar amounts, not pesos amounts, and should NEVER fill in all of the spaces in all of the sections.
Living Healthy in Mexico Lecture
 T.J. Hartung
This month, the Vallarta Orchid Society will have a guest speaker, Dr. Luis Suárez López, an expert in traveler's medicine and tropical diseases. The talk will take place at the Vallarta Botanical Gardens on Saturday, January 31, starting at 1 pm.
Researchers Identify Potential New Weapon in Battle Against HIV Infection
 Tami Clark
Researchers have discovered a potentially important new resistance factor in the battle against HIV: blood types.
Here It Is ... The Top Ten Fashion Mistakes of 2008 (Vallarta Version)
 len
The wonderful residents and visitors of our fair city are never at a loss for providing the fodder needed for such a trashing as awaits you in my third annual report on the Top Ten Fashion Mistakes made and/or seen in Puerto Vallarta.
Vacation in Mexico with Yoga on the Beach
 Eric Pero
Winter is only three weeks young, but the cold, snowy and icy weather is already taking its toll. To help combat "winteritis," two locals are organizing a relaxing and rejuvenating yoga trip to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico - and they want you to come along!
Socially Responsible Chocolate Bars
 Health News Digest
Shaman Chocolates is pleased to announce it has expanded its collection of gourmet, organic chocolate bars. All profits from the sale of the certified organic and Fair Trade Shaman Chocolates help support the Huichol Indians, a tribe living in central western Mexico in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
Health Investment to Continue Despite International Economic Downturn: President Calderón
 Presidencia de la República
President Felipe Calderón repeated his government’s commitment to Mexicans’ health, adding that despite the international economic downturn, investments in this sector will continue.
January Puerto Vallarta Health News
 Pamela Thompson
Here we are at the start of a brand new year! Taking care of your own personal health, taking responsibility for it, should be a top priority. Here's what we have in store for you during January and some things to look forward to in February.
Doctors Will Make Web Calls in Hawaii
 Claire Cain Miller
American Well, a Web service that puts patients face-to-face with doctors online, will be introduced in Hawaii on Jan 15.
Health Amid a Financial Crisis: A Complex Diagnosis
 Jane Parry & Gary Humphreys
The global financial crisis could have profound implications for the health spending plans of national governments. Unless countries have safety nets in place, the poor and vulnerable will be the first to suffer.
Mexican Workout at Via Yoga
 Chicago Tribune
Active travelers might look to Via Yoga for one of its 10 retreats emphasizing personal growth. Based at Villa Amor resort in Sayulita, Mexico, the series kicks off with "Yoga & Surfing" Jan. 11-17, followed closely by "Anusara Yoga" Jan. 17-23.
Successful Weight Loss Achieved with New Device
 PRNewswire
Sentinel Group announced the first implants of the Full Sense Device on November 3-4, 2008 at Galenia Hospital in Cancun, Mexico by American doctors Randal Baker MD, James Foote MD and Mexican doctor Jorge Trevino MD.
COFEPRIS Issues Environmental Pre-Contingency and Contingency Alert
 Presidencia de la República
The Health Secretariat’s Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (COFEPRIS) has issued an alert for this winter period, in view of the possibility that an environmental pre-contingency or contingency will be declared.
Researchers Unlock Secrets of 1918 Flu Pandemic
 Maggie Fox
Researchers have found out what made the 1918 flu pandemic so deadly - a group of three genes that lets the virus invade the lungs and cause pneumonia.
AIDS-Latin America: Neglect, Ageism Put Older People at Risk
 Marcela Valente
AIDS prevention campaigns tend to target the young, who make up a large percentage of those infected with the disease. But experts in Latin America say that people in older age ranges with an increasingly active sex life are being neglected, and are at risk because of lack of information.
How To Cure a Hangover
 Colleen Graham
Now you've done it and it's official, you have a hangover. Now what? There are many folk cures that are supposed to help cure a hangover, but no one size fits all.
len's life: The Calm Before the Storm
 Len
With Christmas behind us, and 2009 less than a week away, am I the only one asking myself, "where the hell did it go?" It's time to have some fun. Do you have what it takes to turn the page? To really go where you've never gone before?
Mexico: Manganese Mines Harm Children's Mental Development
 Diego Cevallos
The Mexican mining company Autlán maintains that there is no evidence that manganese causes any harm to human health. But in the central state of Hidalgo, where the metal is mined, adults shake as if they suffered from Parkinson's disease and children's mental development lags behind normal.
A Posada at the CAPASITS Clinic
 Ed Thomas
Mickey Mouse, Dumbo and Mario the Clown joined Santa at the CAPASITS clinic on Friday, December 19th for a Christmas posada sponsored by V.E.S. that gave many local children a day filled with fun, joy, toys - and lots of goodies!
Diabetes Sees Rise in Latino Community
 Eduardo A. de Oliveira
Diabetes specialist Sandee LaMarche sounds the alarm: Diabetes is spreading rapidly among Latinos in the United States.
Bush's Last-Minute "Conscience" Rules Cause Furor
 Julie Rovner
Health care workers, hospitals and even entire insurance companies could decline to perform, refer or pay for abortion or any other health care practice that violates a "religious belief or moral conviction" under new rules issued by the outgoing Bush administration.
Eating at Buffets Plus not Exercising Equals Obesity
 Diane Duke Williams
In small towns in the Midwestern United States, people who eat out often at buffets and cafeterias and who perceive their community to be unpleasant for physical activity are more likely to be obese.
First US Patient Gets Face Transplant
 Maggie Fox
Surgeons have replaced 80 percent of a woman's face, transplanting bone, teeth, muscle and nerve in the first such operation in the United States.
How the American Health Care System Got That Way
 Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello & Brendan Smith
As Americans respond to President-elect Obama's call for town hall meetings on reform of the American health care system, an understanding of how that system came to be the way it is can be crucial for figuring out how to fix it.
len's life: It's a Cocktail Party, Not a Barbecue. Shall We Discuss the Difference, Gentlemen?
 Len
It never ceases to amaze me how little most men - definitely not men who are like me - worry about their own personal appearance. Especially during the party season which, as we all know, began yesterday and ends sometime next year.
Addressing Diabetes is Vital for Strengthening Tuberculosis Control
 Amit Dwived
Patients with type-2 diabetes may be at increased risk of contracting tuberculosis (TB) because they generally have a compromised immune system, which results in life-threatening lung infections that are more difficult to treat.
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