Cholera update/Cholera in Dom Rep/Cocaine affects brain/Ex-Grenada governor general dies
PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATE: CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN CUBA The Ministry of Health and Public Health Officials are urging travellers to Cuba to take measures to prevent cholera following confirmation of a renewed outbreak of the disease in Cuba. As at August…
Quicker parcels/Doing Dallas/CPL and LIAT/Measles/Frost dies/Horse death
POST OFFICE PARCELS TO BE PROCESSED QUICKER In a government press release it says the Cayman Islands post office has begun checking packages as they arrive to assess duty levels before customers come to collect their parcels in the presence…
Employee of Year/Wellness retreat/Cayman to benefit 2nd Tampa ship
NICHOLAS MCLEAN IS EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR The Department of Education’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Systems Administrator, Nicholas McLean, has emerged victorious from among 11 highly accomplished civil servants nominated for the Deputy Governor’s Employee of the Year award….
Dart joins battle/Medevac/Diabetes certification/ Nursing course
DART JOINS BATTLE OVER ROAD CLOSURE Georgina Wilcox Dart Realty will now join Government in defending the law suit filed against government by four West Bay women in connection with the closure of the West Bay Road. The law suit…
Cholera – more cases/Close call/Solar energy/Dust clouds worry
More foreign visitors to Cuba contracting cholera From Caribbean360 The fourth floor of Cuba’s Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical Medicine is now reserved for foreigners who catch the potentially fatal disease. HAVANA, Cuba, Thursday August 29, 2013 – A recent…
Food recall/Heavy Earth/Fred Burton/Why is sky dark?
Florida company recalls over 116,000 pounds of beef products Three beef products produced by Pride Foods in Raiford, Fla. have been recalled due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced…
The obesity era
by David Berreby From aeon magazine ‘The previous belief of many lay people and health professionals that obesity is simply the result of a lack of willpower and an inability to discipline eating habits is no longer defensible.’ Photo by…
Non-communicable diseases major health threat in Caribbean
By Agencies From Global Times The Caribbean region is under widespread risks of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), a senior health official said Tuesday. About 40 percent of the Caribbean people are now living with some chronic type of NCDs and…
German doctors complete liver surgery with help of iPad app
By Leif Johnson From Mac Life Have an M.D. with surgical training and want to operate on someone’s liver? Don’t worry–there’s an app for that. (Forgive me, I couldn’t resist.) Reuters recently reported that a German doctor used an augmented…
Will Finasteride Prevent Prostate Cancer?
Jay S. Cohen MD From Care2 Big headlines announced the results of a new study showing that finasteride (Proscar) reduces the risk of prostate cancer. As a nationally recognized expert on medication side effects and also on prostate cancer, I…
