Cuba looks at leptospirosis

The situation of leptospirosis in Cuba, actions, results and analysis of a vaccine against that bacterial infection, are issues to discuss in the Nacional Congress on this disease starting yesterday in this capital. Read More

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Cuba hosts Latin American Congress on Cardiovascular Surgery

Cuba will present its achievements in the field of cardiovascular surgery at the 6th Latin American Congress of that specialty taking place in this capital from Wednesday to Saturday. Read More

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More than 650 thousand Latin Americans recover sight

More than 650 thousand Latin Americans and Caribbean people have recovered their sight thanks to the eye-surgery Operation Miracle program, an initiative promoted by Cuba and Venezuela. Read More

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Michael Moore and SiCKO are Welcomed in Havana

Some Canadian, French and British critics of Michael Moore have accused the U.S. filmmaker of painting a too rosy picture of the public health care systems of their countries while trying to expose his own nations shortcoming in his latest documentary SiCKO. But in Havana, where Moore shot a sequence of his film, the movie was given the highest marks and the filmmaker given support by the authorities. Read More

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Cuba remarks ALBA gains in health and education

Cuba"s Foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration Minister Marta Lomas reported to the Cuban Legislature"s International Relations Committee on the course of several programs of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) on Monday Read More

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Cuba: offers aid to Latin America in Medical Genetics

The director of the National Institute of Medical Genetics in Cuba, Dr. Beatriz Marcheco Teruel, said the island is willing to contribute to the development of the specialty in Latin America. Dr. Marcheco recalled that over 100,000 Cuban health workers are serving in 103 nations around the world and noted that the medical genetics program has not yet been fully implemented in the region despite the recommendations made by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Read More

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Michael Moore Attacks the Grotesque Profit Motive of the US Health Care System

<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: verdana"><font size="2">Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore sat down with Amy Goodman ahead of the release of his new film SiCKO. The film is a seething indictment of the US healthcare system. </font></span> Read More

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Michael Moore's 'SiCKO' turns up on the Internet 2 weeks before documentary's release

<span class="text">Viewers hoping to get a free look at Michael Moore&#39;s newest film, &quot;SiCKO,&quot; were out of luck Monday after YouTube pulled links to pirated versions of the health-care documentary that surfaced on the video-sharing Web site over the weekend.</span> Read More

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Congenital malformations with a very low index in Cuba. 90% are early diagnosed.

Nearly 90% of congenital malformations, one of the main causes of mortality among children, are diagnosed in Cuba thanks to an efficient infant-maternal program implemented throughout the island. Read More

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Coralline as biomaterial for implants in Cuba

Cuban scientific research has developed an effective biomaterial that is capable of reconstructing damaged bone tissue or tissue lost due to congenital causes, from trauma or other types of pathologies. Read More

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