Health & Medicine

Health & Medicine

University of Havana's Preparatory School for the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Self-financed medical studies in Cuba

East of Havana, just 10 minutes from the capital's historic centre, the University of Havana's Prep School for Medical Sciences (UCM-H)

PPG A Cuban Natural Product with Unique Properties

By: Agnerys Sotolongo Photos: PL & Jorge Peréz

The Cuban pharmaceutical drug prepared from sugar cane is effective against various illnesses including the reduction of cholesterol without causing side effects Policosanol, known by its commercial name PPG, has numerous therapeutic benefits and is often prescribed by doctors for the treatment of patients with high levels of bad cholesterol.

Cuban medical Advances, Andropause and its Therapy

By: Heidy González Cabrera, Photos: Alejandro Gortázar and Jorge Pérez

Andropause, or male menopause, is something that most men are reluctant to talk about even though it is the natural process of declining virility due to age.

The 120 Year Old Club Working Towards Unprecedented Longevity

By: Astrid Barnet Photos: Jorge Pérez

The Caribbean Medical Association (AMECA) , a non-governmental organization and part of the Association of Caribbean States, created the 120 Year Old Club on September 24, 2003 as an unique project to gather together people who wanted to live until the age of 120 while maintaining a high quality of life.

$Medical Advances: Refractive Surgery Means Farewell to Eyeglasses$

Medical Advances: Refractive Surgery Means Farewell to Eyeglasses

By Pedro Quiroga Jiménez / Photos: Eduardo Cabrera

For anyone who suffers vision impairment, the use of glasses or contact lenses can be a headache. Many people reject eyeglasses for purely aesthetic reasons, wanting to retain a positive appearance of youth and beauty while, although contact lenses resolve that problem, the lenses have their own difficulties involving intolerance or poor adaptation.

A Health and Wellness Brotherhood Project

By: Liliam Lee Hernández Photos Courtesy LABIOFAM

LABIOFAM Business Group is part of a health and well-being project in that African nation through a vector control plan to reduce the incidence of malaria within the population.

Doctors for the World

By: Moriah Ray and Jasmine Hall

Expansive medical discoveries, universal health care, and a massive annual output of highly trained doctors is only a fraction of what Cuba has contributed to its citizens and the global health community.

Silk Weaving Project Benefits the Disabled

Text and Photos by Wilfredo Alayón

The project Tejiendo Hilos, that combines weaving and science with a social goal, recently concluded its first phase with good results, Cuban and foreign experts said.

Smiles in Cuba and the Ukraine

By: Lucía Arboláez / Photos Panchi / Make up Pavel Marrero

“In these twenty years I have felt so many strong emotions that it feels as if I’ve spent my whole life here”, Esteban Gómez told us. Gómez is director of Villa Amistad (Friendship Villa), a medical-lodging complex at Tarara Beach, 15 km east of Havana.

Acitan Recognized

By: Liliam Lee Hernández

Among the many research lines of Cuban business group LABIOFAM, the nutritional supplement Acitan, has kept a team of scientists quite busy.

CIREN, where hope is restored

CIREN, Cuba's International Centre for Neurological Restoration, founded in February 1989, is a leading scientific and medical institution, offering innovative, successful therapy programs for neurological restoration and general biological restoration that have won recognition and benefited thousands of patients in some 85 countries.

CNIC, Towards the Development of New Natural Health Products

By: Alfredo Boada Mola

The Cuban National Center of Scientific Research (CNIC) develops new natural products for the treatment of a variety of illnesses, thereby improving the health and quality of life of the Cuban people. “In the last few years we have obtained excellent results in the development of natural products such as PPG (Policosanol), known to reduce cholesterol levels and recommended for people with diabetes and hypertension”, said Blanca Rosa Hung, CNIC's General Director, to Cubaplus.

Cochlear Implant, Farewell to Silence

By: Aloyma Ravelo / Photos: Miguel Gutiérrez

Cochlear implant technology has revolutionized the world of acute hearing disability. Thanks to this technique, previously hearing impaired children, young people and adults have achieved acceptable hearing, with a definite improvement in their quality of life.

Medical attention and health care in Cuba, Serving the World

The accomplishments of Cuba's health system, its scientific and technical achievements in biotechnology and medicine, and the professionalism and humanism of the country's doctors and all its healthcare personnel are the main reasons for growing interest in health-related travel to Cuba.