Haiti's leader: cancer has not returned

Haitian President Rene Preval said Friday after undergoing tests in Cuba that his prostate cancer has not returned. Preval, 63, said he would go back to see his Cuban doctors on March 18, but that the health of his prostate was "under control." Read More

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Cuban medical brigade saluted in Guatemala

Siglo Veintiuno newspaper elects its Personality of the Year. The solidarity and voluntary assistance provided by Cuban health workers in Guatemala has earned the brigade the 2006 Personality of the Year recognition from the editors, journalists and photographers of Siglo Veintinuno newspaper. Read More

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Chinese health minister visits China-Cuba

Chinese Health Minister Gao Qiang visited the China-Cuba Friendship Ophthalmologic Hospital in Xining, Qinhai and praised the dedicated work of Cubas medical personnel and the state-of-the-art technology used at the center. Read More

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Haiti's president returns from medical treatment in Cuba, says health is fine

Haitian President Rene Preval returned to the country Friday from Cuba, where he said doctors told him he did not have prostate cancer. Haitian National Television broadcast images of Preval's arrival at the airport greeting the prime minister, Cabinet members and the police chief as he stepped out of a Cuban jet. Read More

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Doctor says Cuba's Castro does not have cancer

Cuban President Fidel Castro does not have cancer, a Spanish doctor who has just examined him said on Tuesday. Castro's health problem is with his digestive system but he does not have cancer Read More

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Surgeon 'flew in to treat Castro'

A leading Spanish surgeon flew to Havana last Thursday to treat the ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, a Spanish newspaper is reporting. Read More

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Cubas visually impaired train musical ear

Visually impaired Cubans are showing off their musical abilities at an event for aficionados being held through Thursday in the city of Santiago de Cuba. The Tenth Frank Emilio Festival is sponsored by the National Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired which serves people throughout the island. Read More

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Cuba pays tribute to german scientist

The Havana Higher Institute of Medical Sciences (ISCMH) granted German doctor Hansotto Reiber with the "special guest professor" designation for his valuable contributions to public health on the island and his active participation in Cuba solidarity activities. Read More

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David Price succumbs in Cuba at 55

Belize has lost one of its most stalwart and indomitable servants - Mr. David Price, who passed away in a public hospital in Cuba early Wednesday, December 13, 2006. While the cause of his death has not yet been reported to us, relatives say that he most likely died from complications of his diabetic condition. A death certificate is still pending. Read More

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Cuba looks at health, hygiene

The results of an analysis on health services, environmental hygiene and sports in Cuba will be released on Friday by the Cuban Assembly s permanent commission that controls those sectors in 2006. Read More

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