Dengue alert as cases reach 800
THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH (MoH) has issued a Dengue alert calling for the to the “active participation” of the population...
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Scorpion bite kills toddler 6 hours from health center
A TODDLER, less then two years old, has died from a scorpion sting and 151 people have been bitten so...
MoH dengue alert in Pacora
A HEALTH ALERT has been issued for the Las Garzas, district of Pacora, where at least 36 cases of dengue...
Catastrophic increase in Panama AIDS cases
THE RATE of new AIDS cases in Panama has doubled in the last two years and the local agency devoted...
HEALTH WATCH: Going nuts, living longer
By Michael Greger MD INCREASED NUT consumption has been associated with a reduced risk of major chronic diseases, such as heart disease...
HEALTH WATCH: Berries in the fight against aging
By Dr Michael Greger A plant-based diet is thought to have played a significant role in human evolution and the consumption of...
HEALTH WATCH: Meningitis vaccination alert
ARRIVING PASSENGERS who have recently visited West Africa are being monitored at Tocumen International Airport following a bacterial meningitis outbreak...
HEALTH WATCH: Smartphones lead to back pains
The hours spent hunched over mobile phone screens each day are causing an "epidemic" of bad posture and putting us...
Dengue cases set to pass 2013 total
WITH 4,729 cases of dengue, already recorded this year, Panama is on track to pass last year’s total of 4,781...
HEALTHWATCH: Red pepper fighting IBS
By Michael Greger MD Nearly 50 million Americans come down with food poisoning every year. Over a hundred thousand are...
HEALTH WATCH: Kiwi fruit and insomnia
by MICHAEL GREGER MD The number one question in sleep research is “Why do we sleep?” followed by the question, “How...
HEALTH WATCH: “Small bite, big threat”
By Dr Cory Couillard On World Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) draws attention to a major public health...
