Ground beef recall linked to 11 illnesses in four [US] states
By Jenn Harris From Los Angeles Times At least 11 people in four states have been infected with E. coli-related illnesses linking back to the 1.8 million pounds of ground beef recalled by a Detroit packing company Monday, according to…
Wanda Brenton enjoying true test of her fitness level
By Dave Kearsey From The Western Star Wanda Brenton has spent her life committed to being a model of fitness, but she wanted to test herself against the best in the world. She found what she was looking for when…
Districts Enjoy Fitness Night
Grand Cayman residents showed up by the scores yesterday (Thursday, 14 May 2014), to exercise at simultaneous Island-wide events. Co-sponsored by the Family Resource Centre and the new YMCA organization, the International Day of the Family celebration was attended by…
Get wet at the top five water parks in the Caribbean
From iHealth Travel In some ways the Caribbean is one huge water park, with azure seas, waterfall hikes, river rafting and surfing. Sometimes, though, a vacationer is looking for that extra level of water-based adrenaline. That’s where water parks come…
Study lists dangerous chemicals linked to breast cancer
Relaxnews Fron Yahoo News Study lists dangerous chemicals linked to breast cancer Certain chemicals that are common in everyday life have been shown to cause breast cancer in lab rats and are likely to do the same in women, US…
Arrogance’ of ignoring need for sleep
By James Gallagher, Health and science reporter, BBC News Society has become “supremely arrogant” in ignoring the importance of sleep, leading researchers have told the BBC’s Day of the Body Clock. Scientists from Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Manchester and Surrey universities…
Support programme for smokers to quit in Cayman
From Cayman Islands Public Health Department The Public Health Department is urging members of the public to enlist in its ‘I Can Quit’ smoking cessation programme. Scheduled to begin on 4 June 2014, the programme will run for seven weeks…
Guyana to test persons entering country who exhibit Chikungunya symptoms
From Caribbean360 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Wednesday May 14, 2014, CMC – Guyana says it will conduct tests on persons entering the country who may be experiencing signs of fever, head aches, pains to the joints and eyes as it seeks to…
Custom controller lets disabled man dig into Minecraft using his eyebrows
By Emily Price From Engadget Alexander Kostov has spinal muscular atrophy, a disease that makes impossible for him to use most traditional game controllers. Rather than let that hold him back, he just got creative with the help of UK-based…
Operation Smile: Doctors remove 4-pound tumor from girl’s face
By Loren Grush From Fox News In 2011, Larry O’Reilly traveled to the Caribbean nation of Haiti, to aid those who had been devastated by the massive earthquake that had occurred a year earlier. During his stay, O’Reilly visited a…
