A woman with schizophrenia told us what it’s really like to live with incurable hallucinations
By Rafi Letzter From Business Insider When Rachel Star Withers was a child she saw demons everywhere. That was how she understood the specters that flitted through her room at night, moved things around, and made faces at her from the…
Study into black people’s health is launched
By Glen Munro From The Voice PhD student wants to understand why African Caribbeans are disproportionately affected by certain diseases A 36-YEAR-OLD doctoral student from north London is spearheading pioneering research to address the prevalence of diseases like prostate cancer…
First ‘absorbable’ heart stent opens new era in treating arteries
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this month approved a new “absorbable” heart stent, the first on the market that dissolves over time, and it will advance the treatment of coronary artery disease to the next level, say doctors at…
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Cayman Islands Government issues Update on Cuban Migrants Over the past week-and-a-half, 11 more Cuban migrants have landed in the Cayman Islands and are currently in Immigration custody. The first group of two arrived on 17 August 2016 in Grand…
CDC: Sepsis is a medical emergency, can be stopped if caught early
By D Johnson From Science World Report The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has named sepsis a medical emergency. According to the agency, at least 72 percent of patients with this rapid-acting and fatal illness were seen by doctors…
More Zika in Florida, first case in Hong Kong
From Voice of America Health officials in the southern U.S. state of Florida identified several new cases of local transmission of the Zika virus this week. And internationally, Hong Kong joined the list of areas affected by the widespread virus….
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Award winning actor to attend Cayman Islands Breast Cancer Dinner
Emmy, Tony and Grammy Award-winner, Cynthia Nixon will attend the 2016 Cayman Breast Cancer Gala Dinner. The first Breast Cancer Gala Dinner in October 2008 was planned as a one time event. Due to its success and the big need for…
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The View from Europe: It is time for a new CARICOM policy on marijuana
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now At the end of July, 11 individuals received jail sentences in Havana of between 15 to 30 years for attempting to traffic narcotics into Cuba from Jamaica. The convictions followed a number of…
Restaurants use this trick for reducing food waste, and it’s something you can do at home
By Sarah Jampel, Food52 From Business Insider Discarded food is an ethical, environmental, and economic problem for home cooks, but for restaurants, it’s a matter of business viability. A restaurant simply can’t survive if it’s throwing food it planned to sell…
When do identical products have two different prices at the same store? When they’re sold At Target, obviously
By Chris Morran From Consumerist Target’s pricing and labeling incompetence is so legendary that we now use the term “Target Math” to describe a situation where any retailer baffles customers by, for example, advertising a “sale” that is more expensive…
