iNews Briefs, More & Community Events
Community Events Meeting Requests with Family Support Unit at RCIPS The Family Support Unit (FSU) at the RCIPS has temporarily relocated to Elizabethan Square due to damage to the Smith Road office where it was situated. The FSU would like…
Experts urge sparing use of nonaspirin painkillers
By Sabrina Tavernise From New York Times The Food and Drug Administration warned last week that the risk of heart attack and stroke from widely used painkillers that include Motrin IB, Aleve and Celebrex but not aspirin was greater than…
Olwomen story of week
15 best and beneficial home remedies for prickly heat By Cindy Smith From Olwomen As the summer season knocks at our doors, with hot temperatures, dehydration, scorching sunrays and tanned skins, we are forced to welcome prickly heat symptoms on…
Unqualified Pass for Cayman Islands Ministry of Health and Culture Accounts
The Ministry of Health and Culture is the latest Government agency to receive a clean bill of health for its accounts. External auditors from the Office of the Auditor General recently passed the Ministry’s 12/13 accounts without comment. This is…
Gifts of the Solstice: Native St. John’s Wort
From The Medicine Woman’s Roots St. John’s Wort has long been one of those herbs that I have great respect for and love as medicine, but have used it minimally simply because it’s not plentiful in my bioregion. Native species…
Water, water everywhere? Caribbean adds to global drought
By Ezra Fieser From Bloomberg Californians are suffering an historic drought, Brazilians are rationing water and Chile’s Atacama desert is creeping south. Now Caribbean nations from Jamaica to Trinidad that have been praying for rain are counting their losses. A…
10 toxic household items you should throw away now
By Aly Cohen, MD, FACR Guest Columnist From Everyday Health Could your choice of shampoo or cookware be harming your health? As a rheumatologist, I am often asked why patients have developed a particular autoimmune disease. I take a holistic…
Just how evil is evil that?
Peter Binose, Kingstown. There are 61 persons owning 150 plots of farmland, they had their land taken from them for the Argyle International Airport. To date they remain unpaid and many have died waiting, unable to afford medical attention that…
Parents, beware: Asbestos found in crayons, other toys
By Liza Lucas, Special to CNN From KSL ATLANTA (CNN) — The EWG Action Fund is calling for a ban on asbestos in consumer products after it found traces of the carcinogen in children’s crayons and toy crime lab kits….
iNews Briefs, More & Community Events
Community Events SAT JULY 11 Battle of the Platoons’ Cadet Sports and Family Fun Day The Cayman Islands Cadet Corp invites all cadets to the showdown ‘Battle of the Platoons’ Cadet Sports and Family Fun Day on Saturday (11 Jul)…





