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Because Living Well is the Best Revenge
What better place to begin, continue or enhance your well being than in beautiful Puerto Vallarta? Whether you are here on vacation or here to stay, the many health and beauty services available in Puerto Vallarta will keep you feeling fit and looking absolutely marvelous.
As with any international travel destination, Puerto Vallarta offers an unsurpassed menu of beauty treatments and medical services that will keep you feeling refreshed, rejuvenated and revived. In addition to the availability of the latest techniques and technologies, the costs of these services are dramatically less expensive than in the States.
Bilingual medical, dental, chiropractic, and physical therapy services, as well as modern hospitals with high-tech equipment and fully accredited physicians, assure that patients can expect the same quality of health care in Puerto Vallarta as they would receive in the US - and prescription drugs are readily available, and at reasonable prices!
Puerto Vallarta is also home to dozens of gyms, spas and fitness centers that offer day packages, vacation packages and even full memberships for those of us who live here year-round. Local beauticians know all the latest hairstyles, coloring, skin and nail care techniques - and these beauty treatments cost about a third of what it would cost at home.
Vacation surgery is gaining popularity, and since most of these procedures are relatively quick, it's easy to take home not only a tan but a little tucking as well. Liposuction, tummy tucks and other 'remedial measures' cost less than half what they do up North, yet they're staffed by highly trained and board certified professionals.
Puerto Vallarta has a competent, confident and cutting-edge medical community. And since prominent hospitals, world-class gyms and spas, and well-known beauty salons continue to be attracted here, it's easy and affordable to pamper yourself with professional health and beauty treatments that'll leave you looking, and feeling, like a million bucks.
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Puerto Vallarta Health News: May 2012
 Pamela Thompson
We have a full month of clinics coming up, including a couple of new ones - Men’s Urology and a Cardiology clinic. Held in various locations, these are screening clinics only, no procedures are performed, and can only be booked through HealthCare Resources Puerto Vallarta.
Indigenous Health Uses for Passionflower
 Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH
Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH, explains traditional indigenous uses of passionflower, including its use for health problems like dysentery (diarrhea with stomachache), neuralgia (aching nerves), painful menstrual cycles, heart palpitations, mental fatigue, high blood pressure, and more.
What is the Best Breakfast for You?
 Manuel Villacorta
Most people have heard about the importance of starting the day with a healthy breakfast for weight management and overall health. So the question is not 'should you eat breakfast' but, 'what is the best breakfast?'
 2012 SETAC 'Semana Protegida' Campaign a Success
 Paco Arjona
From April 5-7, volunteers from SETAC, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the Puerto Vallarta Department of Public Health, Comusida, and the CAPASITS HIV clinic reached out to the community by distributing 25,000 free condoms and 300 vouchers for free rapid HIV testing.
Mexican Obesity Epidemic Linked to NAFTA
 Richard Dangler
As Mexico's food supply becomes more Americanized, their struggle with obesity and related health problems are becoming more Americanized as well. A new study links macro-economic trade reforms like NAFTA and the obesity epidemic in Mexico.
Teenagers Account 24% of Mexican Births
 John Thomas
Of the approximately 2 million annual births in Mexico, roughly 480,000, or 24 percent are born to mothers between the ages of 14 and 19 according to the Health Secretariat. His statement called for greater funding for programs that provide information to young people.
PV Sleepwell for a Better Night's Sleep
 Kevin and Rhnee Mohan
Diagnosing and treating sleep apnea is critical to successfully managing a person's health. If you are snoring loudly and experiencing daytime sleepiness, find a professional and have an over-night study performed. It could change your life.
Oil From BP Disaster Entered Food Chain
 Diego Sancho
Since the explosion of the BP Deepwater drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists have been trying to determine the impact on the environment. Study confirms that oil from the disaster entered the ocean's food chain through tiny organisms called zooplankton.
Chefs Keep Mexico's Traditions Alive... & Healthy
 Ignacio de los Reyes
Home-made corn tortillas filled with chile sauce and grasshoppers as a starter, roasted iguana for the main course and a glass of agave liquor favored with worms to chase it all down. These are all dishes easily found in the markets and restaurants of Mexico.
Octopus: A Healty Alternative to Lent Dish
 Diego Sancho
The Mexican National Institute of Fish suggested yesterday that during the upcoming Lent period, octopus would make a nutritious alternative to the fish dishes consumed during the week before Easter, a traditional time when some Catholics abstain from eating meat.
Wellness Begins With a Good Night's Sleep
 Kevin and Rhnee Mohan
Sleep apnea may well be the most significant, costly, easily treated, and least understood health issue we face. Recent studies show that 50 to 65 million Americans are at risk for having the disease. PV Sleep Well specializes in testing for sleep apnea.
166 Dead From Swine Flu Virus This Year
 LAHT
Three seasonal flu viruses are currently active in Mexico; swine (AH1N1), influenza A (AH3N2) and influenza B. A total of 166 people have died of the flu virus in Mexico so far this year, a figure that shows a 23% increase in deaths in one week.
The 3rd Global Forum on Medical Tourism
 Rodrigo López Becerril
The 3rd Global Forum on Medical Tourism will be held in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in August of 2012. This year, the Forum will bring medical tourism facilitators, brokers, travel agencies, insurance companies, finance, and media companies specializing in the US and Canada.
Mexico Patents Heroin Vaccine
 TheNews.com
Speaking at an Addiction Technology Transfer Network presentation, Mexican Health Secretary Salomón Chertoriviski, announced that the Mexican government has patented the first-ever heroin vaccine as part of its fight against drug addiction.
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