Stem-Cell Therapy Prevents Amputations

Doctor in Sciences Porfirio Hernandez has been awarded the Francisco de Arango y Parreño prize of the Sociedad Economica de Amigos del Pais for his work with stem-cells. Read More

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Ramiro Valdes Urges Residential Sector to Save Energy

Cuban Vice President and Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdes reiterated called on the residential sector to step up energy saving measures. Read More

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Cuba's sugar cane industry produces electricity

Five sugarcane processing plants in the Cuban province of Camagüey are generating some 6 100 Megawatts in this current harvest season, representing the equivalent of the electricity used by 60 645 houses in one month, an output which is exported to the national grid (SEN, by its Spanish acronym). Read More

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Cuba eyes foreign investment to halt sugar industry decline

Cuba may open sugar production to foreign investors for the first time since the 1959 revolution as it seeks to reverse the once proud industry's relentless decline, business sources said this week. Read More

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Cuba Boosts Policy against Desertification

Studies indicate that, one centimeter thick of soil may need between fifty, a thousand and two thousand years to form, depending on the geographic location. <br /> Read More

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Project Moa-Arriba in Defense of Water Development

Project Moa-Arriba on Defense of Water, was successfully developed in the metallurgical mining town,on behave of  the World Water Day, celebrated this year under the motto: Clean Water for a Healthy World. Read More

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Fluoride with Argon used in Ophthalmology

Inhabitants from  Las Tunas  with refractive disorders (myopia) had to go to Havana to receive medical treatment. Now, patients with this type of ailment receive the treatment in the modern ophthalmology center launched in October 2008, at the provincial hospital Dr. Ernesto Guevara. Read More

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Cuban Pediatric Surgery Highlighted in Congress

Cuba boasts favorable results in pediatric surgery, as well high-level professionals who perform it despite economic difficulties and the US blockade, an expert said. Read More

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Cuban Neonatal Surgery Services Grow

Cuba develops regional centers for neonatal surgery, and introduces the videoendoscopy service nationwide, to meet the needs of the population, an expert affirmed here.<br /> Read More

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Mammography Ineffective to Detect Breast Cancer

Mamographies for the diagnosis of breast cancer might not help to reduce mortality, according to the British Medical Journal. Danish and Norwegian investigators suggested that of each 2,000 women submitted to such a diagnosis test by images, only one could have overcome the disease, while unnecessary diagnosis possibilities are higher. Read More

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