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		<title>Stem cell clinic shuts down</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Van Rheenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Institute of Cellular Medicine (ICM) in San José, Costa Rica, which opened in 2006 and has treated hundreds of people, recently shut down its clinic. The company&#8217;s Panama City stem cell clinic is still open. An article on the Popular Science blog says that the Costa Rican health ministry stopped ICM&#8217;s stem cell treatments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expat residents must now enroll in Costa Rica&#8217;s medical system: So how is it? Four views</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Van Rheenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the new immigration reforms that go into effect in Costa Rica next week, it looks like expats who are legal residents in Costa Rica must enroll in the national healthcare system,  the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social. Known  as the Caja, the system gives its members low-cost access to neighborhood clinics, pharmacies, and public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor&#8217;s visit in Liberia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Van Rheenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the hottest town in Costa Rica I saw a doctor about my ear problems. They&#8217;d been feeling plugged up for weeks. We were staying right in town, so I just wandered around and found Clinica San Rafael Arcangel, which looked clean and professional and had an air-conditioned waiting room. A head and neck specialist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical care in Costa Rica&#8211;a first-hand account</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Van Rheenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alex Murray was burning trash at his home near Lake Arenal in Costa Rica when the fire flared up and burned him over 20% of his body. He spent the next 20 days in 2 Costa Rican hospitals, the first public (Hospital San Juan de Dios), the second private (Clinica Biblica). Alex is one of [...]]]></description>
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