Is Jamaica’s Health Ministry preparing to import medicinal marijuana from Cayman Islands? [UPDATE NO!]
UPDATE: Since this story was published see release from Jamaica Observer below By Chevon Campbel From Nation Wide Radio JM A Cayman news outlet is reporting that Jamaica’s Health Ministry is moving to import medicinal ganja products from the Cayman…
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Study looks into HIV virus spread in Dutch Caribbean
UTRECHT–The fast spreading of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the Dutch Caribbean and the factors that cause this phenomenon are the subject of a new research project of the Aids Fund Netherlands, to be carried out by scientists of the…
The Editor Speaks: Diseases thought dead are coming back. Why?
One of our stories today has the shocking news that the Black Death – The Bubonic Plague is making a comeback in Mexico and in the USA fleas have been discovered carrying the disease. Measles that we thought had been…
Fleas carrying the bubonic plague have been found in Arizona
By Kevin Loria From Business Insider Health officials in two Arizona counties reported that fleas tested positive forYersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes the plague. Plague regularly appears in the American Southwest, where it often kills rodents like prairie dogs…
Paralympian will be the first to take on this ‘sacred’ Australian trail in a wheelchair
BY YVETTE TAN From Mashable No wheelchair user has ever been allowed on Australia’s Larapinta trail — until now. This week, Dr William Tan, a Singapore Paralympian, begins a five day journey across 65km (40 miles) of the Australian outback….
Regularly drinking energy drinks can lead to cocaine addiction, study finds
By Tanveer Mann From Metro.co.uk It might have seemed pretty harmless downing a load of energy drinks before your Chemistry exam. It got you through that all-nighter so it did the job..right? Well, turns out you’re more likely to develop…
Watch out for eye damage with those LED eyelashes you’re wearing to the club, doctor warns
BY VICTORIA HO From mashable Perhaps you should think twice before jumping on the LED eyelash bandwagon, an ophthalmologist is warning.The latest clubbing fad has people affixing LED strips above their eyes. Powered by a small battery tucked into the…
The most liveable city in the world has won 7 times in a row
BY JOHNNY LIEU From Mashable Now they’re just rubbing it in. The city of Melbourne in Australia for the seventh year in a row running (count it, seriously), has been named the most liveable city in the world by The…
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What does “Climate-Smart Agriculture” really mean? New tool breaks it down
By Desmond Brown IPS From Caribbean News Service PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 15 2017 (IPS) – A Trinidadian scientist has developed a mechanism for determining the degree of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) compliance with respect to projects, processes and products….
Dharamshila Narayana Super-speciality Hospital organizes Rubaroo The annual women cancer survivors and patients Meet
MENAFN Press – 13/08/2017 (MENAFN Editorial) New Delhi, August 12, 2017: Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, which is managed by Narayana Health is not only emerging as a major carer of cancer patients but also as an awareness advocate of cancer…
