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Why the Caribbean should [have] celebrate[d] World Oceans Day on June 8
By Alexander Girvan and Cherise Trotman From teleSUR Alexander Girvan and Cherise Trotman, of the Association of Caribbean States’ Caribbean Sea Commission, explain why we should all observe World Oceans Day. June 8 is World Oceans Day, intended to help…
Cayman Islands: Mimi’s Happy Cart launched in honor of five-year-old brain cancer survivor
Paediatric patients at the Cayman Islands Hospital can expect a more pleasant and exciting experience during their visit, thanks to the charity of a five-year-old brain cancer survivor and her family. On 31 May, Mechon and Tommy Ebanks, parents of…
Cayman Islands:The LETR Kirkland Nixon Memorial Fire Truck Pull and Special Olympics National Games, 4 June
On Saturday 2 June, the four (4) Law Enforcement Agencies of the Cayman Islands along with some two (2) corporate bodies participated in the Kirkland Franklin Memorial Fire Truck Pull to raise funds for the Special Olympics Cayman Islands Athletes….
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‘Remarkable’ therapy beats terminal breast cancer
By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, BBC News The life of a woman with terminal breast cancer has been saved by a pioneering new therapy, say US researchers. It involved pumping 90 billion cancer-killing immune cells into her body….
Miami Cancer Institute launches MR Image-Guided Linac Radiation Therapy
The Institute becomes the second site in the United States to offer this form of treatment technology MIAMI, FL – June 1, 2018 — Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida and the state’s only member of the…
World No Tobacco Day: Tobacco and heart disease
New report shows tobacco use is falling, but more needed to protect people from heart diseases and other noncommunicable diseases Geneva/Washington D.C., 31 May, 2018 (PAHO / WHO) – Tobacco use has declined markedly since 2000, both globally and in…
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Message by Cayman Islands Minister of Health Hon. Dwayne Seymour to mark World No Tobacco Day 31 May 2018
Another World No Tobacco Day is here. Every year on 31 May the Cayman Islands joins countries around the globe to shine a spotlight on health and other risks associated with tobacco use. This year’s observance focuses on tobacco as…
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Keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees could spare millions pain of dengue fever
By Neela Banerjee The tropical disease is spread by mosquitoes that thrive in the wetter, hotter conditions that accompany climate change. Faster international action to control global warming could halt the spread of dengue fever in the Western Hemisphere and…
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PAHO: Measles vaccination advised before travel to World Cup in Russia
PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION www.paho.org WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION www.who.int NEWS and Public Information Press Release Get vaccinated against measles and rubella before travelling to the World Cup, advises PAHO/WHO Washington, DC, 29 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO)- The Pan American Health Organization/World Health…
Modern techniques for treating digestive diseases reduce pain & recovery time
Cleveland Clinic gastroenterologists and oncologists are using new tools and techniques that require no stitches or long recovery times to treat digestive diseases. EMR, short for Endoscopic Mucosal Resection, is one of the most successful and widely used techniques. It…
