Health & Medicine

Health & Medicine

18 countries confirm for Calixto 2018 Convention in Cuba

Prensa Latina

Representatives of more than 18 countries will attend an International Convention Calixto 2018, in Havana, to updating about the scientific results in public health at national level and abroad, the organizers informed.

Cuban’s health system celebrates the Science’s Day in the country

Prensa Latina

The Cuban vice Minister of health, Alfredo González, stood out the country’s achievements reached by the medicine sector during 2017, in a ceremony for the national day of the Science held in this capital.

President Allende Student Residence

By Roberto F. Campos, Photos: Publicitur (Norlys)

The President Allende Student Residence has become like home for more than two thousand foreign students who are studying medicine in Cuba, providing good accommodations in which to live while in the country and above all, understanding, love and dedication. This is what many students expressed to our magazine

Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos Cubanos, CSMC S.A.

By Dr.Jorge Miranda Quintana President of Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos Cubanos (CSMC S.A.)

The Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos Cubanos (CSMC S.A.) is a Cuban organization that markets Cuban medical services, offering people the opportunity of finding the way to obtain health care in Cuba.

Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana, Faculty of Health Technology

The facility in which the Faculty of Health Technology is located today was founded in 1984 as the Dr. Salvador Allende Polytechnic Health Institute. In 2002, it became the Training School for Emerging Health Technicians and in 2003 it became the Faculty of Health Technology. As such, it was part of the network of Havana University’s Medical Sciences educational centers and was also a Methodological Center for the training of pre and postgraduate professionals and technicians linked to health technologies.

Vimang: health throught nature

By Marta Gómez Ferrals, Photos: Prensa Latina and Ricardo Potts

Vimang is used in collateral cancer therapy and also shows excellent results in the improvement of the quality of life of terminally ill patients with HIV/ systemic lupus, and infertility in women.

Cuba: in pursuit of responsible aesthetics

Nowadays, much of the world’s population is concerned with aesthetics, as more and more, companies are requesting a “good appearance” when hiring an employee, in addition to the right skills to fill a position.

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.