Uruapan, Michoacan — only a four-hour drive from Lake Chapala — has many treasures to enjoy year-round.

This week Consumer Survey took a look at variety, quality, and prices at Mercado Abastos, Guadalajara’s sprawling wholesale food market located just off Avenida Lazaro Cardenas, a few blocks from the junction with Avenida Mariano Otero (of the infamous yellow arches).

With the start of Lent last week feasting on fish is now the seasonal fad.

By the end of this year, doctors at the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Jalisco will be holding dermatology consultations via the Internet, according to Maria Guadalupe Bravo, director of IMSS Regional Hospital 46.