California senate passes bill to let nurses perform abortions
From Newsmax California’s Senate passed a bill to permit nurse-midwives and others to perform some types of abortions now done only by doctors. The measure by Assembly Majority Leader Toni Atkins, a San Diego Democrat, passed the Senate 25 to…
Training being offered in Cayman for dementia and Alzheimer’s
The Alzheimer’s and Dementia Association of the Cayman Islands (ADACI) seeks to raise awareness within the general public, educate carers and be a source of support for people with dementia and their carers and family. Florida Association for Volunteer Action…
Why You Shouldn’t Take Online Alzheimer’s Tests
AgingCare.com From Care2 If you’re “of a certain age” and have ever experienced a memory slip—forgotten where you put your keys, blanked on an acquaintance’s name—chances are the chilling thought, “Am I getting Alzheimer’s?” has crossed your mind. For most…
Quit washing your chicken: it just sprays germs everywhere
By Laura Northrup From Consumerist Generations of American cooks are wrong. They learned their wrongity wrongity wrong habits from their parents, or from public television’s Julia Child. Their terrible, filthy habit is rinsing poultry before cooking. Public health experts estimate…
‘Reversed Caribbean’ diabetes reality show to be launched in Jamaica
From South Florida Caribbean News SOUTH FLORIDA – Celebrity chef Charles Mattocks as seen on such shows as Dr Oz, The Today Show, CNN, Good Morning America and Anderson Cooper, brings you the first ever Diabetes Reality TV show. The…
Cuba still battling cholera a year after first cases reported
From Cuba Headlines A year after the first cholera cases in decades were reported in Cuba, the country is still struggling with outbreaks in various provinces, health workers and residents told Reuters on Thursday. On Tuesday the United States issued…
Latam reproductive rights under spotlight at U.N. conference in Uruguay
By Anastasia Moloney Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation In Latin America and the Caribbean – a region with one of the most stringent abortion laws and the highest unsafe abortion rates in the world – promoting reproductive rights and access to…
PAHO/WHO Celebrates implementation of new tobacco control legislation in Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is celebrating the entry into force of new tobacco control regulations in Jamaica on July 15. These regulations will protect the population from the harmful effects of tobacco and…
Student athlete safe to play after open heart surgery at Saint Luke’s
Cardiologists at Saint Luke’s Repair Life-Threatening Heart Defect; Doctors at Heart Health Centre in Grand Cayman Provide Essential Rehab and Follow-up to the Open Heart Surgery KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Sixteen-year-old Romario Dixon is quiet, lean,…
Celebrating the Path to Wellness
September 2013 is Recovery Month. In keeping with this year’s theme, Together on Pathways to Wellness the annual observance will promote the benefits to society of substance abuse prevention and treatment. Organised by the Department of Counseling Services, activities will…
