Mexico

Race Based Genome Project Launched By Mexico

Mexico has launched a race based genome project to determine if a genetic basis exists for its growing health crisis. The goal is to clean insights into genetic differences, believed to be unique// to its population, which may play a key role in chronic diseases like asthma, diabetes and hypertension. Applied Biosystems (ABI), IBM Health care and Affymetrix with assist the government in...

Mexico and US border attain a new outlook due to BiNational Sustainability Laboratory

The vice president of Sandia National Laboratories, Gerry Yonas was the first to visualize a need for laboratories in the Mexican border. This led to the development of the BiNational Sustainability Laboratory (BNSL), which extends over an area of 4000 square feet at Santa Teresa. This will mainly augment the border security force and deal with terrorism // with the help from Canada &...

New Mexico State Hospitals Information Website

New Mexico Hospitals and Health Systems Association has launched a hospital information website which helps the patients to look into the quality of treatment// offered by the hospital which would help them to take a decision of selecting the hospital for their treatment. There are 35 State hospitals in the state and the website provides information about the number of patients visiting...

New Mexico Debates Over Forcing Mentally Ill People To Seek Treatment

The recent spate of killings by mentally ill people in the United States has revived the debate as to whether such people should be forced to seek treatment even if they have not committed any crime. Lawmakers in New Mexico are preparing// to argue about a bill that seeks to compel mentally ill people into seeking treatment for their condition. Gov. Bill Richardson has conveyed his supp...

Mexico Ministry: No Bird Flu Infection Across US Border

Ministers belonging to the Mexico’s agricultural ministry have denied the presence of any bird flu infection across the U.S. border//. 'We are free of highly-pathogenic bird flu,' said Jose Angel del Valle, the ministry's animal health director. Rumors regarding bird flu infection were raised in the U.S. commodities markets, leading to a reduction in the grain prices. A Brazilian web...

Crisis Of Bubonic Plague In New Mexico

A department spokesman, Deborah Busemeyer, says a man in critical condition was hospitalized due to septicemic form of the disease in which the plague bacteria multiply in the bloodstream//. Another women from Bernalillo County died last week from septicemic form of the plague and she was the first to die. Bite from an infected flies or direct contact with infected animals like rodents,...

Legalization of Abortion in Mexico City Raises Heckles

The passing of the abortion bill by Mexico City has raised a few heckles country wide. The law maker passed the bill 46 to 19. It was proposed by the leftist party//. It will allow abortion by the women in the first three month of pregnancy. The law ensures that there will be free service to the poor and the uninsured. Abortion after 12 weeks will be punishable by law, with jail sentence up to si...

Wal-Mart Mexico Makes Shelf Space for Inexpensive Generic Drugs

Walmex, the popular retailer in Mexico has opened the channels to make available a line of 150 inexpensive generic drugs costing// as less as $3.50. This move has elevated the position of the shopping conglomerate as a great way to avail facilities under one roof. Last year, Walmex's parent company, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. led the way with a similar move of providing generic drugs for $...

Mexico Supreme Court Accepts Petition To Review Mexico City Law Legalizing Abortion During First Three Months' Gestation

The Mexico Supreme Court on Friday announced that it has accepted a petition, filed by the National Human Right's Commission, to review the constitutionality of a Mexico City law that allows pregnant women to obtain an abortion during the first three months' gestation, the Los Angeles Times reports. Lawmakers from the Party of the Democratic Revolution in March in the Mexico City L...

Spicy Cuisine Originated in Mexico 1,500 Years Ago

The spicy Mexican cuisine, which is one of the world's tastiest and most popular, may be nearly 1,500 years old, say scientists at the Smithsonian Institution . Linda Perry of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History says that as early as 1,500 years ago, Pre-Columbian inhabitants of southern Mexico enjoyed a spicy fare similar to Mexican cuisine today. T...