Cayman Islands Breast Cancer Awareness Month – Dress for a Cause Day
Government workers, members of the public and the Acting Deputy Governor, Stran Bodden, dressed for a cause on Friday (28 October 2016). Civil service staffers wore pink to mark the ongoing Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign by the Lions Club…
Florida Hospital first to implant new FDA-approved Sutureless Aortic Valve
Miami, Fla. (October 31, 2016) – Palmetto General Hospital is the first hospital in Florida and third in the United States to commercially implant a sutureless aortic valve in a patient with heart valve disease through a newly FDA-approved, minimally…
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Harper still an active sports connoisseur at 78
By Fred Sturrup From The Freeport News There he reclined, in his bed at The Pines Nursing Home in Grand Cayman. Because of the “fatcalves” varicose veins health issue, he doesn’t get around much, like before. No, Jerry Harper can’t…
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Free trade taking toll on health of Caribbean school children
From CARICOM GEORGE TOWN Cayman Islands, Demerara Waves – Caribbean health and education experts have lamented the impact of free trade on the consumption of certain foods and beverages that are badly affecting the health of the region’s children. Senior…
Gadget of the week
Infrared implant brings practical sight to the blind By Jon Fingas From engadget You can already get a retinal implant to restore some sight when you’re blind, but the quality is usually too poor to be useful for more than…
LIAT highlights illness trends
From Caribbean News Service ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Oct 26 2016 – A top official of regional airline LIAT has warned that the current level of sickness plaguing the Antigua-based carrier was simply “unsustainable for a commercial airline”. Acting Chief Executive…
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Climate change and Caribbean food security
From Climate Tracker Caribbean climate tracker and the University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus Geography club team up for climate discussion “While changing climate is a natural occurrence, anthropogenic impacts are speeding up and worsening climate change in…
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Mosquitos to be infected with bacteria in fight against Zika virus
By Sarah Boseley Health From The Guardian UK Wolbachia bacteria, which stops mosquitos transmitting virus, to be spread among insects in areas of Brazil and Colombia Mosquitoes in two large areas of Brazil and Colombia are to be infected with…
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Fighting Zika with music in the Caribbean
New song by Darryl Gervais, of Trinidad and Tobago, urges everyone: “Do Your Part” to fight Zika-carrying mosquitoes Washington, D.C., 25 October 2016 (PAHO/WHO) — Trinidadian singer-songwriter Darryl Gervais has recorded a new song for the Pan American Health Organization…
The world will see the hottest year on record for the third time in a row in 2016
By John Abraham, The Guardian From Business Insider We know the world is warming – no factor can explain it aside from human emissions of greenhouse gases. Despite this, people who deny the basic facts of climate change have tried…
