HEALTHWATCH: Screening an important step in preventing colon cancer
By Dr. John Kisiel, Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic, There are some lifestyle changes that may lower your risk of developing colon...
HEALTH
Health Ministry suspends 53 blood pressure products
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) Pharmacy and Drugs Department has ordered the suspension and use of batches of 53 products...
Watered down tobacco bill vetoed
A controversial tobacco bill, that watered down anti-smoking regulations was vetoed by President Juan Carlos Varela on Thursday May 2....
Rainy season looms, 2 dengue deaths
Two deaths have from been recorded from dengue virus, transmitted by the Aedes aegypti female mosquito reports the Ministry of...
HEALTH: When a headache requires additional testing
by Dr. Amaal Starling, (Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix), Headaches come with a wide range of accompanying symptoms and severity. Most...
Business Chamber lists Education, Health top needs
Education, Health and Social Security should be the principal focus of Panam’s next government says The Chamber of Commerce, Industry,...
HEALTH: Flu Vaccines Available April 23
Vaccines against influenza will be available from April 23, and Minister of Health Miguel Mayo has urged the population to...
HEALTH: Vaccines arrive ahead of flu season
THE RAINY season is also the flu season in Panama, and on Monday, April 15, the first consignment of influenza...
Pet allergy doesn’t mean no furry friends
By Dr. Anupama Ravi, Mayo Clinic, Rochester There are a number of steps you can take to ease the...
Thousands die as anti-vaccine movements spread
In March of this year, the authorities of Rockland, USA declared a state of emergency after more than 100 people...
Retrograde tobacco bill to get Varela veto
After outcries from The Ministry of Health (Minsa), cancer centers and NGO’s President Juan Carlos Varela has promised to veto...
Sick kids hospital staff have had enough
Doctors, nurses, technical and administrative staff of Panama’s children’s hospital Hospital del Nino took to the street near the aging...
