Call to lift medical tourism
By Julia Medew From Brisbane Times Lord Mayor supports medical tourism bid Wealthy medical tourists would “absolutely” help Melbourne, agrees Robert Doyle, but he says the system should not impact on Victorians seeking treatment at the new Comprehensive Cancer Centre….
Why heroin use is skyrocketing across the US
By Pamela Engel From Business Insider Heroin abuse has been getting more attention lately. Last week, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin spent his entire 34-minute State of the State address talking about the state’s “full-blown heroin crisis,” and law enforcement officials…
Follow the honey: can we save the bees by tracking them?
By Chris Yaylor From Mashable Colony Collapse Disorder may sound like the name of a dystopian science fiction novel, but it’s a real and present danger to the planet. For years, honey bees around the globe have been wandering from…
Obama: Marijuana is not more dangerous than alcohol
By Jason Abbruzzese From Mashable In another inch forward for Barack Obama’s stance on marijuana, the U.S. president revealed in a new interview that he finds the drug no more dangerous than alcohol. “As has been well documented, I smoked pot…
Can you really get a ‘contact high’ from marijuana?
By Christina Sterbenz and Lauren F Friedman From Business Insider Three decades ago, a team of Norwegian researchers hot-boxed a car — for science. The study volunteers had never smoked marijuana before, but they all piled into a small car…
Norovirus hits Royal Caribbean
By Christina St-Jean From Liberty Voice Norovirus has apparently hit a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, leaving 68 people with more than just seasickness. There were nearly 2,600 guests with 844 crew on board the Majesty of the Seas. 66 guests…
Florida Bill would allow medical marijuana for child seizures
By Greg Allen From NPR Florida may soon become the latest state to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana. Advocates there are gathering signatures to put a medical marijuana referendum on the fall ballot. But Florida’s Legislature may act sooner to…
Home-based dialysis programme provides patient freedom
With the opening of the new Dialysis Unit at the Cayman Islands Hospital recently, there has already been significant improvements for some patients requiring dialysis. The new unit signalled the start of a new home-based dialysis programme which has led…
UPDATE: African Virus Outbreak in Caribbean Stirs Health Warnings
UPDATE: From Bloomberg Business Week The first known outbreak of the chikungunya virus in the Western Hemisphere has Caribbean governments working to prevent the disease from spreading and damaging the region’s tourism-dependent economies. About 280 cases of chikungunya, which can…
UMD professor receives $375,000 grant to develop cancer vaccine technology
Alexandra “Alex” Scott was not even a year old when she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a common pediatric cancer that causes nerve cells to transform into tumors. Her parents were told that if she beat cancer, she would likely never…
