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US medical tourism firm eyes Guadalajara as prime location
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- Published on Friday, 22 November 2013 14:15
- Written by Dale Quinn
A husband and wife entrepreneur team has partnered with a local doctor and is working on launching a medical tourism business focused on the area around Lake Chapala and Guadalajara.
Yoga teacher, health counselor, dog lover — she ties it all together
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- Published on Friday, 20 September 2013 12:38
- Written by Ellaine Halleck
After suffering burnout from pursuing a political science career in Sweden, a young Swedish transplant to Guadalajara, Kadri Jukham, has found her passion in Kundalini yoga and a related Internet health consulting effort — and compassion in rescuing street dogs.
New law protects against false medical claims
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- Published on Friday, 27 January 2012 11:49
- Written by Aaron Burkholder
Purifimax promises to wash the liver, improve digestion, balance metabolism, clean toxins in the blood and facilitate weight loss. It comes in a reassuring white and blue bottle of 60 pills for about 500 pesos. But starting February 17, Purifimax and other miracle products will no longer be able to make such claims in their marketing. According to a new law signed by President Felipe Calderon, the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (COFEPRIS) will have the power to shut down any advertising campaign for products making such sensational claims.
1 in 5 patients unhappy with IMSS service
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- Published on Friday, 23 March 2012 11:20
- Written by GR Staff
Surveys carried out by the Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social (IMSS) in recent years show that around 80 percent of those covered in the national health-care program are satisfied with the service and treatment they receive.
HIV infection rates fall
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- Published on Friday, 25 November 2011 13:10
- Written by GR Staff
World Aids Day will be marked on Thursday, December 1 at a time when rates of HIV infection and AIDS-related deaths are at their lowest levels since their peaks around the turn of the millennium, according to a report by the United Nations’ UNAIDS division.
Mexico begins National Heath Week
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- Published on Friday, 24 February 2012 11:18
- Written by GR Staff
All children aged under five may be taken to Health Secretariat clinics (Unidades de Salud) for important vaccinations during Mexico’s First National Health Week (Primera Semana Nacional de Salud) of 2012, scheduled February 25 to March 2. The free shots guard against polio, tuberculosis, rotavirus, hepatitis B and measles, among other diseases. For more information visit www.censia.salud.gob.mx.
State Aids unit sets 5-year goals
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- Published on Friday, 25 November 2011 13:08
- Written by GR Staff
Since 1985, over 12,300 people have been diagnosed as HIV positive in Jalisco, of whom 60 percent have died, Blanca Estrada, technical secretary of Coesida, the state-run AIDS prevention department, said this week.
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