World Kidney Awareness
World Kidney Day – Thursday March 13 – Dialysis Unit Open House at Cayman Islands HAS The Cayman Islands Health Services Authority invites you to join in celebrating World Kidney Day, Thursday March 13th. Stop by to take…
Archbishop helps open Health City in Cayman Islands
By Elizabeth Wong From The Michigan Catholic Cayman Islands – On Tuesday, Feb. 25, Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron participated in the grand opening ceremony and dedication of Health City, a specialized healthcare facility on the Cayman Islands. The three Cayman…
Cayman Heart Fund announces 2014 Heart Smart Week Events
Cayman Heart Fund will be hosting their 7th Annual Heart Smart Week Events Thu. March 20 – Wed. March 26 – Please come and support them! Thu March 20 Cardiac Symposium 5:30PM St. Matthew’s University campus On March 20, medical…
iNews Briefs
Automotive Art is installing more security after motorbike theft “They’ve caught people red-handed, they’ve gone through the court system, and then a slap on the wrist and they walk,” bemoaned Wayne Kirkconnell of Automotive Art on CITN/Cayman27 on Tuesday (4)….
Health risk of chemicals in food packaging
From Carribbean360 Scientists argue that long-term exposure to synthetic chemicals in packaging and plastic (PET) bottles is a cause for concern. LONDON, England, Friday February 28, 2014 – Concerns about the contamination of food and drink by synthetic chemicals in…
Letter to St Martin News Network: Cayman medical tourism
To SMN News By Roddy Heyliger, Sunday March 2nd 2014 Dear Editor, Cayman Islands: Medical Tourism has arrived. The Cayman Islands Medical Tourism Facility known as “Health City Cayman Islands” officially opened on February 25. The opening of the $80…
Motor neurone disease – two heartbreaking stories
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a progressive disease that attacks the motor neurones, or nerves, in the brain and spinal cord. This means messages gradually stop reaching muscles, which leads to weakness and wasting. MND can affect how you walk,…
U.S. Medical Tourism To Dominican Republic Could Increase With High-Tech Clinic
By Dr. Marc Siegel From Fox News Latino A New Robotic Surgical Institute In The Dominican… This week [Feb 24] the Metropolitan Hospital of Santiago (HOMS), Dominican Republic, opened the first robotic surgery institute in the Caribbean. Named after Dr….
Caribbean first region to be measle-free
From Jamaican Observer WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) says there has been no endemic transmission of measles in the Americas, including the Caribbean, since 2002. PAHO said since Venezuela reported the last case in 2001,…
NekNomination deadly drinking craze sweeping Britain [and Cayman is warned]
By Tom Rawstorne From Daily Mail UK The deadly teenage drinking craze fuelled by Facebook: Terrifying online fad sees young people down pints of spirits mixed with car polish, Viagra and even live goldfish Smiling at the camera, Ryan Linley…
