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22 September 2014image source, Getty"Actually we had a nice experience, we were able to treat diseases that are not seen in Cuba. You study them or read them in a book but you don't see them in practice, for that part it was nice. But there was also intense fear, for example of AIDS".Cuban Marisol Díaz Rodríguez spent two years (2006-2008) in Zimbabwe as part of a medical brigade sent by the Cuban government to the African country."We were younger and we did it partly as an adventure. In Cuba there is no way to go anywhere, and we wanted…

HONOLULU — One of the world's most prestigious and historic surfing contests is expected to take place Sunday in Hawaii for the first time in seven years.And this year, the female surfers will compete alongside the men for the first time in the 39-year history of the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational.The event, also known simply as The Eddie, is a one-day contest held in Waimea Bay on Oahu's North Shore only when the swell is big enough during the winter big-wave surfing season from mid- December to mid-March. The wind, the tides and the direction of the waves also…

It's hard to beat a team three times in the same season, but the Philadelphia Eagles did it with ease on Saturday night.The New York Giants were out for revenge, having lost both of their games against Philly in the regular season.However, Lincoln Financial Field remains a house of horrors for Big Blue.The Eagles dominated from start to finish, en route to a 38-7 win. It was the Giants' 10th straight loss in Philadelphia.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Jalen Hurts #1 of the Philadelphia Eagles reacts after a touchdown against the New York Giants during the second…

A 76-year-old woman allegedly shot and killed her terminally ill husband at a Daytona Beach, Florida, hospital following a pact that police said the couple made several weeks ago.Officers were called to AdventHealth Daytona Beach on Saturday about a report of a person shot, the police department said in a Press release On twitter.When the police arrived, Ellen Gilland was barricaded in the 11th floor bedroom of her husband, Jerry Gilland. Law enforcement used a distraction device "so that she would lower the gun long enough for us to hit her with less lethality," Daytona Police Chief Jakari Young said…